Where does “pulpet” come from?
pulpet (Polish) comes from Italian polpetta, from Italian polpa, from Latin pulpa, from Old Latin pelpa, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.
pulpet (Polish): a meatball
Ancestry of “pulpet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | polpetta | meatball; rissole |
| 2 | Italian | polpa | pulp; flesh |
| 3 | Latin | pulpa | the soft part of an animal's body; flesh; the... |
| 4 | Old Latin | pelpa | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |