pé
Norman
noun
Definitions
- (Jersey) body hair
- (Jersey) fur
Etymology
Inherited from Old French peil inherited from Latin pilus (hair, a hair) derived 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
- poil French
- épiler French
- pelo Spanish, Castilian
- *pil- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰers- Proto-Indo-European
- peil Old French
- pèl 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