Etymograph

English

pelisse

Pelisse comes from Old French pelice, from Latin pellis ‘skin’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- ‘to cover, wrap’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pel-‘to cover, wrap’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pel-ni-s‘to cover, wrap’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pelnis‘skin’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpellis‘skin’
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEpellicia
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400pelice
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentpelisse
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1831same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pel-‘to cover, wrap’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pel-ni-s‘to cover, wrap’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pelnis‘skin’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpellis‘skin’
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEpellicia
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400pelice
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentpelisse
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1831same form

Earliest quotation: 1831, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley: “The mother was crimson in countenance and pelisse, and…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *pel- ‘to cover, wrap’

film, simple, simply, felt, push, filter, powder, complain, fold, pillow, pulse, repeal, flaw, pollen, palate, compulsive, palpable, palladium, palatable, pall, wallow, expel, propel, repel, polemic, tuple, palatal, peloton, pelt, muffle, pollinate, apoplexy, pulver, palp, interpolate, peplum, 62 more

through Latin pellis ‘skin’

pell, pillion, 5 more

Today it means

noun A fur-lined robe or cloak, especially as part of a uniform.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pel- / pelisse

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