pale
Old French
/ˈpa.lə/
adj
Definitions
- pale, whitish or having little color
Etymology
Inherited from Latin pallidus (pale, pallid, pale with fright, frightened, mouldy, musty, pale yellow-green).
Origin
Latin
pallidus
Gloss
pale, pallid, pale with fright, frightened, mouldy, musty, pale yellow-green
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pale English
- pallidum English
- palleō Latin
- pallidiceps Latin
- pallidicornis Latin
- pallidicostus Latin
- pallidipennis Latin
- pallidus Latin
- perpallidus Latin
- vepallidus Latin
- pallido Italian
- pálido Spanish, Castilian
- *pelH- Proto-Indo-European
- *pelito- Proto-Indo-European
- pálido Portuguese
- pale Middle English
- pàl·lid Catalan, Valencian
- pale Norman