Where does “pelletoida” come from?
pelletoida (Finnish) comes from Finnish pelletti, from English pellet, from Old French pelote, from Vulgar Latin pilotta, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom — to grind, to crush.
pelletoida (Finnish): to pelletize
Ancestry of “pelletoida”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | pelletti | pellet |
| 2 | English | pellet | A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter; A lead... |
| 3 | Old French | pelote | small ball |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | pilotta | — |
| 5 | Latin | pila | mortar; pillar; pier |
| 6 | Latin | pīlus | — |
| 7 | Latin | pīlum | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pistlom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pis-tlo- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peys- | to grind, to crush |