myEtymology.com: English etymology of pale

1. Etymology of the English word pale

the English word pale

derived from the Old French word pal

derived 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 *pelə-

French pâle, Italian pallido, Latin pallidus

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derived from the English word pale

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