Etymology of the English word appalling
the English word
appallingusing the English suffix
-ingderived from the English word
appallderived from the Old French word
apallirderived from the Old French word
palederived from the Old French word
palderived from the Classical Latin word
palus (stake, pile, pole; swamp, marsh)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*pag-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*pelÉ™-derived from the Latin word
pala (spade; shovel)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*pag-Usage
Word found in Modern English
