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-1‘to cover, wrap’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pel-ni-s1‘to cover, wrap’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pelnis1‘skin’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpellis2‘skin’
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEpellicia2
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400pelice3
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentpelisse2
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1831pelisse2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin pellis
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English pelisse
  3. 3 Wiktionary, French pelisse
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1831, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley: “The mother was crimson in countenance and pelisse, and…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pel-Wiktionary, Latin pellis‘to cover, wrap’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pel-ni-sWiktionary, Latin pellis‘to cover, wrap’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pelnisWiktionary, Latin pellis‘skin’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpellisWiktionary, English pelisse‘skin’
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEpelliciaWiktionary, English pelisse
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400peliceWiktionary, French pelisse
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentpelisseWiktionary, English pelisse
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1831pelisseWiktionary, English pelisse. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 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.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “pelisse”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin pellis, French pelisse. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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

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