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Latin
Etymology
Somewhat problematically, from an apparent root *pal-, probably from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥H-wós, from *pelH- (“gray”), whence also Latin pallidus, pullus, but the formal relationships between these words are unclear. Cognates include Sanskrit पलित (palitá), Ancient Greek πελιτνός (pelitnós), Old Church Slavonic плавъ (plavŭ), Old Armenian ալիք (alikʻ, “wave, gray hair”), German falb (“pallid”). Alternatively, borrowed from a foreign or substrate language.
Pronunciation
Verb
palleō (present infinitive pallēre, perfect active palluī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- to be pale; to turn pale, blanch
- to grow pale, be anxious, be fearful
- to fade, lose color, change color
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References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “palleō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 440–441
Further reading
- “palleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “palleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- palleo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.