Where does “pelagră” come from?

pelagră (Romanian) comes from French pellagre, from Italian pelle, from Latin pellis, from Ancient Greek ἄγρα, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵro-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

pelagră (Romanian): pellagra

Definitions

  1. pellagra

Ancestry of “pelagră”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpellagrepellagra
2Italianpelleskin; hide; leather
3Latinpellispelt, hide, animal skin; the outside of a...
4Ancient Greekἄγραa catching, hunting, chase; that which is taken...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵro-hunt
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- →