sallow

Meaning

Adj

1. Yellowish.
2. Yellowish.
3. Having skin (especially on the face) of a sickly pale colour.
4. Having a similar pale, yellowish colour.
5. Foul; murky; sickly.

Verb

1. To become sallow.
2. To cause (someone or something) to become sallow.

Noun

1. A European willow, Salix caprea, that has broad leaves, large catkins and tough wood.
2. A willow twig or branch.

Synonyms

pale

willow

wan

pallid

yellowish

osier

haggard

sickly

earthy

willow tree

yellowy

goat willow

green

indistinct

limp

murk

palish

pasty

washy

waxy

weeping willow

whitish

willow twig

laky

sallowish

unhealthy-looking

willow osier

swamp willow

sickly-looking

weak-looking

sallow moth

black willow

roiled-up

blanched

bloodless

colorless

drab

etiolate

faded

feculent

flabby

ghastly

ghostly

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsæl.oʊ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: salowe

Inherited from Old English: salu

Cognate with Dutch: zaluw

Inherited from Middle English: salow

Inherited from Old English: sealh

Cognate with Low German: Sal

Cognate with Swedish: sälg

Cognate with Welsh: helyg

Cognate with Latin: salix

In summary

From Middle English salowe, from Old English salu, from Proto-West Germanic *salu, from Proto-Germanic *salwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *solH.
See also Dutch zaluw, dialectal German sal; also Irish salach (“dirty”), Welsh halog, Latin salīva, Russian соло́вый (solóvyj, “cream-colored”), and - through Frankish - French sale.