pelisse
English
/pəˈliːs/
noun
Definitions
- A fur-lined or fur robe or gown, especially as part of a uniform.
- (historical) A silk gown formerly worn by women, often lined or trimmed with fur.
- An overgarment worn by Victorian children when outside.
Etymology
Borrowed from French pelisse derived from Latin pellis (skin, pelt, hide, animal skin, covering) derived from Ancient Greek πέλλα (stone, skin).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πέλλα
Gloss
stone, skin
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
石
Emoji
🗿 🪨
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pell English
- Scytalosagittipelliger Latin
- pellarius Latin
- pellicea Latin
- pelliger Latin
- pellis Latin
- Pelz German
- pellagra Italian
- pelle Italian
- pelisse French
- Πέλλα Ancient Greek
- πέλλα Ancient Greek
- *pel- Proto-Indo-European
- *pel-ni-, *pel- Proto-Indo-European
- *pels- Proto-Indo-European
- pilz Old Norse
- pelette Old French
- pels Icelandic
- pelica Galician
- pielcea Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- piele Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- pelle Middle Dutch
- pell Old Irish
- *pelnis Proto-Italic
- pels Norwegian
- peâ Bourguignon