Where does “pelo” come from?
pelo (Neapolitan) comes from Latin pilus, from Proto-Indo-European pil-, from Proto-Algonquian *pi·l-.
pelo (Neapolitan): hair
Ancestry of “pelo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | pilus | A hair; An insignificant amount; iota; least... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | pil- | one string of hair; string of hair; strand of... |
| 3 | Proto-Algonquian | *pi·l- | — |
Words derived from “pelo”