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Where does “pelaje” come from?

pelaje (Spanish) comes 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.

pelaje (Spanish): fur coat

Definitions

  1. fur coat

Ancestry of “pelaje”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpelohair; fur
2Latinpīlus—
3Latinpīlum—
4Proto-Italicpistlom—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush
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