# sallow

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈsæloʊ/ · frequency rank #79,035

## Definitions
1. Yellowish.
2. Yellowish.
3. Having skin (especially on the face) of a sickly pale colour.
4. Having a similar pale, yellowish colour.
5. Foul; murky; sickly.

## 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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sallow