pale
English
/peɪl/, [pʰeɪ̯ɫ]
adj
Definitions
- Light in color.
- (of human skin) Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).
- Feeble, faint.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English pale derived from Old French pale derived 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
- aquult English
- face English
- faced English
- interpale English
- paleaquult English
- paleass English
- paleface English
- palefaced English
- palely English
- palen English
- paleness English
- palesome English
- palest English
- palet English
- paleth English
- palewise English
- palish English
- pallidum English
- unpale 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
- pale Old French
- pàl·lid Catalan, Valencian
- pale Norman
- pael Volapük