Where does “pelador” come from?

pelador (Spanish) comes from Catalan pelar, from Latin pilō, 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.

pelador (Spanish): peeling; gossip, calumnious; peeler

Definitions

  1. peeling; gossip, calumnious; peeler

Ancestry of “pelador”, step by step

pelador traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan pelar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanpelarto peel; to skin; to wank
2Latinpilōto put forth hairs, grow hairy
3Latinpilamortar; pillar; pier
4Latinpīlusa hair
5Latinpīluma pounder, pestle
6Proto-Italicpistlom—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush

via Spanish pelar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpelarto peel; to skin; to shell
2Latinpilāre—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo- →Every word from Proto-Italic pistlom →