Where does “peluca” come from?
peluca (Spanish) comes from French perruque, from Italian perrucca, from Italian parrucca — wig.
peluca (Spanish): wig
Ancestry of “peluca”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | perruque | wig; wig, periwig, peruke |
| 2 | Italian | perrucca | Alternative form of parrucca |
| 3 | Italian | parrucca | wig |
Words derived from “peluca”