English
pelure
Pelure comes from French pelure ‘peel, rind (of a fruit)’, from Late Latin pilāre ‘remove hair, depilate’, and ultimately from Latin pilus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpilus
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEpilāre‘remove hair, depilate’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400peler
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘to peel’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentpelure‘peel, rind (of a fruit)’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpilus
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEpilāre‘remove hair, depilate’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400peler
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘to peel’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentpelure‘peel, rind (of a fruit)’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Latin pilus
pile, pill, plush, pilar, pellet, peloton, 22 more
through Late Latin pilāre ‘remove hair, depilate’
Today it means
noun A crisp, hard, thin paper, sometimes used for postage stamps.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin pilus / pelure