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Where does “peil” come from?

peil (Old French) 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.

Ancestry of “peil”, step by step

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

Words derived from “peil”

  • poilu
  • plew
  • pelage
  • poilu
  • poil
  • pé
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys- →