palleo

Latin

Etymology

Somewhat problematically, from an apparent root *pal-,[1] 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). Borrowing from a foreign or substrate Indo-European language is possible.

Pronunciation

Verb

palleō (present infinitive pallēre, perfect active palluī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to be pale; to turn pale, blanch
  2. to grow pale, be anxious, be fearful
  3. to fade, lose color, change color

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ 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.