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Where does “dolape” come from?

dolape (Spanish) comes from Spanish pelado, from Spanish pelar, from Latin pilāre, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo- — to grind, to crush.

dolape (Spanish): bald man

Definitions

  1. bald man

Ancestry of “dolape”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpeladopeeled, skinned, shelled; treeless, bare;...
2Spanishpelarto peel; to skin; to shell
3Latinpilāre—
4Latinpilamortar; pillar; pier
5Latinpīlus—
6Latinpīlum—
7Proto-Italicpistlom—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush
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