Where does “pelo” come from?

pelo (Italian) comes 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.

pelo (Italian): hair; surface; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. hair; surface; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “pelo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpīlusa hair
2Latinpīluma pounder, pestle
3Proto-Italicpistlom
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush

Words derived from “pelo

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys-
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