appal
Meaningto make pale
Common meaning: to shock greatly (once to make pale)
- apto, towards (form of ad-)
- palto be pale; paleLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1292 · scan
‘to, towards (form of ad-)’ + ‘to be pale’ → appal
Journey through time
- Latinpalleō; pallidus‘to be pale’
- Middle Englishappallensource
- Englishmeaning shiftsto be pale → to shock greatlyappal‘to shock greatly (once to make pale)’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin palleō; pallidus ‘to be pale; pale’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry palleō, p. 1292 · dictionary scan
Roots
- palleō; pallidus Latin “to be pale; pale”
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