English
pellicule
Pellicule comes from Latin pellicula ‘small skin or hide’, from Proto-Indo-European *pel-ni-s ‘to cover, wrap’, and ultimately from *pel-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pel-‘to cover, wrap’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pel-ni-s‘to cover, wrap’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pelnis‘skin’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpellis‘a skin’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpellicula‘small skin or hide’
- Englishtodaypellicule
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pel-‘to cover, wrap’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pel-ni-s‘to cover, wrap’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pelnis‘skin’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpellis‘a skin’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpellicula‘small skin or hide’
- Englishtodaypellicule
Formed from pellis ‘a skin’ + -cula
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pel- ‘to cover, wrap’
film, simply, felt, simple, push, filter, powder, complain, fold, pulse, pillow, repeal, flaw, palate, compulsive, pollen, palladium, palpable, palatable, expel, repel, propel, pall, wallow, pelt, peloton, palatal, polemic, tuple, palp, pollinate, muffle, apoplexy, peplum, pulver, interpolate, 62 more
through Latin pellis ‘a skin’
Today it means
noun A thin diaphanous fabric.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pel- / pellicule