pèl
Catalan
noun
Definitions
- hair
- (figurative) bit, dash small amount
Etymology
Inherited from Latin pilus (hair, a hair) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *pil- (one string of hair, string of hair, strand of hair, strand).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*pil-
Gloss
one string of hair, string of hair, strand of hair, strand
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- epilate English
- floccinaucinihilipilification English
- pilar English
- piliferous English
- piligerous English
- pilo- English
- pilocyte English
- pilus English
- pilaris Latin
- pilosus Latin
- pilus Latin
- pilāre Latin
- pelo Italian
- peluche French
- épiler French
- pelo Spanish, Castilian
- *pil- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰers- Proto-Indo-European
- peil Old French
- pelatge Catalan, Valencian
- pelut Catalan, Valencian
- pelo Galician
- păr Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- pelejar Old Portuguese
- per Aromanian
- pelu Asturian
- pêl Friulian
- pila Sicilian
- péło Venetian
- pail Dalmatian
- poil Bourguignon
- pilu Sardinian
- pelo Neapolitan