Where does “epluchage” come from?

epluchage (English) comes from French épluchage, from French éplucher, from Middle French esplucher, from Old French espeluchier, from Vulgar Latin *expilucico, from Latin pilāre, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus — to grind, to crush.

epluchage (English): The removal of contaminated tissue from an infected wound

Definitions

  1. The removal of contaminated tissue from an infected wound

Ancestry of “epluchage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchépluchagepeeling, cleaning of vegetables etc
2Frenchéplucherto peel
3Middle Frenchesplucherto peel (a vegetable, etc.)
4Old Frenchespeluchierto peel
5Vulgar Latin*expilucico
6Latinpilāre
7Latinpilamortar; pillar; pier
8Latinpīlusa hair
9Latinpīluma pounder, pestle
10Proto-Italicpistlom
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo-Every word from Proto-Italic pistlom
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