Where does “aterciopelado” come from?
aterciopelado (Spanish) comes from Spanish terciopelo, from Spanish pelo, 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.
aterciopelado (Spanish): velvety
Ancestry of “aterciopelado”, step by step