Where does “pelleter” come from?
pelleter (English) comes from English pellet, from Old French pelote, from Vulgar Latin pilotta, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo- — to grind, to crush.
pelleter (English): A machine for forming ingredients into pellets to feed animals
Definitions
- A machine for forming ingredients into pellets to feed animals
Ancestry of “pelleter”, step by step
pelleter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pellet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pellet | A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter; A lead... |
| 2 | Old French | pelote | small ball |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | pilotta | — |
| 4 | Latin | pila | mortar; pillar; pier |
| 5 | Latin | pīlus | a hair |
| 6 | Latin | pīlum | a pounder, pestle |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pistlom | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pis-tlo- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | peys- | to grind, to crush |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |