Where does “pelapapas” come from?

pelapapas (Spanish) comes 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-, from Proto-Indo-European peys- — to grind, to crush.

pelapapas (Spanish): potato peeler

Definitions

  1. potato peeler

Ancestry of “pelapapas”, step by step

pelapapas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish pelar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpelarto peel; to skin; to shell
2Latinpilāre—
3Latinpilamortar; pillar; pier
4Latinpīlusa hair
5Latinpīluma pounder, pestle
6Proto-Italicpistlom—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush

via Spanish papa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpapapope; potato; very bland soup, or more broadly,...
2Ecclesiastical Latinlakey; the; lime, limestone
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo- →Every word from Proto-Italic pistlom →