Etymograph

English

Peluso

Peluso comes from Sicilian Pilusu ‘hairy’, from pilu ‘a pigmented filament of keratin which grows…’, and ultimately from Latin pilus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpilus
  2. Sicilianmodernpilu‘a pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and…’
  3. Sicilian, derivedmodernPilusu‘hairy’
  4. Italianc. 1300–presentPeluso
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpilus
  2. Sicilianmodernpilu‘a pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and…’
  3. Sicilian, derivedmodernPilusu‘hairy’
  4. Italianc. 1300–presentPeluso
  5. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Latin pilus

pile, pill, peel, pilar, plush, pellet, peloton, 23 more

Today it means

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin pilus / Peluso

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