Etymology

sallowy

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Today it means: Of a sallow tinge; yellowish. Full definition →

Middle English *salowy ← Old English *saluwiġ
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sallowy · adjective1

  1. Old English · inherited from*saluwiġ“dark-coloured, yellowish”
  2. Middle English · inherited from*salowy
  3. English todaysallowy

From Middle English *salowy, from Old English *saluwiġ (“dark-coloured, yellowish”) (attested in saluwiġfeþera, saluwiġpād (“having dark feathers”)), equivalent to sallow + -y.

sallowy · adjective2

From sallow (“goat willow”) + -y.

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