Where does “pelotă” come from?

pelotă (Romanian) comes from French pelote, from Latin pila, 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.

pelotă (Romanian): pelota

Definitions

  1. pelota

Ancestry of “pelotă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpeloteball; pelota; droppings
2Latinpilamortar; pillar; pier
3Latinpīlusa hair
4Latinpīluma pounder, pestle
5Proto-Italicpistlom—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys- →