Where does “pelletless” come from?
pelletless (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.
pelletless (English): Without pellets
Definitions
- Without pellets
Ancestry of “pelletless”, step by step
pelletless 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 |