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Where does “peelout” come from?

peelout (English) comes from English Peel, from Old French piller, from Latin piliō, from Latin pilō, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom — to grind, to crush.

peelout (English): The act of leaving an eddy and entering the main...

Definitions

  1. The act of leaving an eddy and entering the main...

Ancestry of “peelout”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPeel—
2Old FrenchpillerAlternative form of pillier; pillage; plunder
3Latinpiliō—
4Latinpilō—
5Latinpilamortar; pillar; pier
6Latinpīlus—
7Latinpīlum—
8Proto-Italicpistlom—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush
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