pall

pall · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*pel-
2. Latinpallium
3. Old Frenchpaile
4. Old Englishpæl
5. Middle Englishpal
6. English todaypall

From Middle English pal, palle, from Old English pæl, pæll, from Old French paile and Latin pallium (“cloak; covering”) (and thus a doublet of pallium), probably from palla (“piece of cloth worn as apparel”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover, wrap; hide, skin; cloth”)) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns).

pall · verb²

From the noun pall (“cloth”).

pall · verb³

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*pel-
2. Latin · derived frompallidus“pale, pallid; pale with fright, frightened; mouldy, musty”
3. Old French · derived fromapalir“to become or cause to become pale”
4. Middle English · inherited frompallen“to diminish, impair, weaken; to become faint; to lose spirit”
5. English todaypall

Formed by aphesis from appal, appall (“(obsolete) to make pale; to weaken; to become weak; to lose flavour or become stale”), possibly under the influence of the figurative meaning of the unrelated noun pall. Alternatively, the word may be derived from Middle English pallen (“to diminish, impair, weaken; to become faint; to lose spirit”), formed by aphesis from apallen (“to become or make faint or tired; to become indifferent; to fade or cause to fade away; to dim, weaken; to become stale; to be frightened; to frighten; to become pale”), from Old French apalir (“to become or cause to become pale”), possibly from Latin pallidus (“pale, pallid; pale with fright, frightened; mouldy, musty”), from palleō (“to be pale, turn pale; to be anxious or fearful; to fade or change colour”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel-, *pelH- (“grey; pale”)) + -idus (suffix meaning ‘tending to’ forming adjectives).

pall · noun⁴

From the verb pall (“to make vapid”).

Pall · proper noun⁵

1. Telugu · borrowed fromపాల్
2. Hungarian · borrowed fromPáll
3. English todayPall

Various origins: * Borrowed from Hungarian Páll, a variant of Pál. * Borrowed from Telugu పాల్ (pāl), a rendition of the personal name Paul.

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