Where does “pela” come from?
pela (Galician) comes from Latin pilula, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo-, from Proto-Indo-European peys- — to grind, to crush.
pela (Galician): lump, dollop, mass; peel; peeling
Definitions
- lump, dollop, mass; peel; peeling
Ancestry of “pela”, step by step
pela traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin pilula
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | pilula | A small ball, globule; pellet; A pill |
| 2 | Latin | pila | mortar; pillar; pier |
| 3 | Latin | pīlus | a hair |
| 4 | Latin | pīlum | a pounder, pestle |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | pistlom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pis-tlo- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | peys- | to grind, to crush |
via Latin per
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 2 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 3 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 4 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 5 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via Latin illa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | illa | nominative feminine singular of ille; nominative... |