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Where does “peloso” come from?

peloso (Italian) comes from Latin pilōsus, 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.

peloso (Italian): hairy

Definitions

  1. hairy

Ancestry of “peloso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpilōsus—
2Latinpīlus—
3Latinpīlum—
4Proto-Italicpistlom—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush

Words derived from “peloso”

  • Pelosini
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys- →