Where does “pelame” come from?
pelame (Italian) comes from Italian pelo, 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.
pelame (Italian): hair, coat, fur
Ancestry of “pelame”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | pelo | hair; surface; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Latin | pīlus | — |
| 3 | Latin | pīlum | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | pistlom | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pis-tlo- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | peys- | to grind, to crush |