Where does “pellicules” come from?

pellicules (French) comes from Latin pellicula, from Latin pellis, from Ancient Greek ἄγρα, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵro-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

pellicules (French): dandruff

Definitions

  1. dandruff

Ancestry of “pellicules”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpelliculasmall skin or hide; movie, film, video
2Latinpellispelt, hide, animal skin; the outside of a...
3Ancient Greekἄγραa catching, hunting, chase; that which is taken...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵro-hunt
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- →