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Where does “pellis” come from?

pellis (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek ἄγρα, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵro-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

pellis (Latin): pelt, hide, animal skin; the outside of a...

Definitions

  1. pelt, hide, animal skin; the outside of a...

Ancestry of “pellis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἄγραa catching, hunting, chase; that which is taken...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵro-hunt
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

Words derived from “pellis”

  • pelt
  • pelting
  • surplice
  • pell
  • pelisse
  • pillion
  • pellagra
  • pellicle
  • surpliced
  • pelter
  • pellicule
  • polt
  • pellagrous
  • pellagric
  • pellagroid
  • peltingly
  • pellage
  • pillionwise
  • peltmonger
  • bepelt
  • pellicula
  • pelliger
  • versipellis
  • tentipellium
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