Etymograph

English

pellicula

Pellicula comes from Latin pellicula ‘diminutive of pellis’, from pellis ‘skin, hide’, 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, hide’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpellicula‘diminutive of pellis’
  6. Englishtodaysame 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, hide’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpellicula‘diminutive of pellis’
  6. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

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

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

through Latin pellis ‘skin, hide’

pillion, 6 more

Today it means

noun —

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

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

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