pale

(Inglese)

Frequenza

B2
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/peɪl/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

From Middle English pale, from Old French pale, from Latin pallidus (“pale, pallid”), from palleō (“I am pale; I grow pale; I fade”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelito-, from *pelH- (“gray”). Doublet of pallid. Displaced native Old English blāc.

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