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Where does “pelatrice” come from?

pelatrice (Italian) comes from Italian pelare, from Latin pilāre, 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.

pelatrice (Italian): peeler

Definitions

  1. peeler

Ancestry of “pelatrice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpelareto pluck; to skin; to peel
2Latinpilāre—
3Latinpilamortar; pillar; pier
4Latinpīlus—
5Latinpīlum—
6Proto-Italicpistlom—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush
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