Where does “poil” come from?
poil (Old French) comes from Latin pēnsilis, from Latin pendēre, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.
poil (Old French): hair
Ancestry of “poil”, step by step
Words derived from “poil”