sallow

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. noun any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal
  2. verb cause to become sallow
  3. adjective unhealthy looking

Etymology

From Middle English salowe, from Old English salu, from Proto-West Germanic *salu, from Proto-Germanic *salwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *selH-. See also Dutch zaluw, dialectal German sal; also Irish salach (“dirty”), Welsh halog, Latin salīva, Russian соло́вый (solóvyj, “cream-colored”), and - through Frankish - French sale.

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