Where does “pal” come from?

pal (Romanian) comes from French pâle, from Old French pale, from Latin pallidus, from Latin -idus, from Proto-Italic *-iðos.

pal (Romanian): pale

Definitions

  1. pale

Ancestry of “pal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpâlepale
2Old Frenchpalepale, whitish or having little color
3Latinpalliduspale, pallid, wan; that makes or causes a pale...
4Latin-idustending to
5Proto-Italic*-iðos—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-iðos →Every word from Latin -idus →Every word from Latin pallidus →