Where does “pellet” come from?
Pellet comes from Old French pelote, from Latin pilotta, from Latin pila, from Latin pilus, from Latin pilum, from Proto-Indo-European peys-.
pellet (English): A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter; A lead...
Definitions
- A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter; A lead...
Ancestry of “pellet”, step by step
pellet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French pelote
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | pelote | small ball |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | pilotta | — |
| 3 | Latin | pila | mortar; pillar; pier |
| 4 | Latin | pīlus | a hair |
| 5 | Latin | pīlum | a pounder, pestle |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | pistlom | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pis-tlo- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | peys- | to grind, to crush |
via French pelote
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pelote | ball; pelota; droppings |