English
pellicula
Pellicula comes from Latin pellicula ‘diminutive of pellis’, from pellis ‘skin, hide’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- ‘to cover, wrap’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pel-1‘to cover, wrap’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pel-ni-s1‘to cover, wrap’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pelnis1‘skin’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpellis2‘skin, hide’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpellicula3‘diminutive of pellis’
- Englishtodaypellicula3
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin pellis
- 2 Wiktionary, Latin pellicula
- 3 Wiktionary, English pellicula
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pel-Wiktionary, Latin pellis‘to cover, wrap’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pel-ni-sWiktionary, Latin pellis‘to cover, wrap’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pelnisWiktionary, Latin pellis‘skin’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpellisWiktionary, Latin pellicula‘skin, hide’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpelliculaWiktionary, English pellicula‘diminutive of pellis’
- EnglishtodaypelliculaWiktionary, English pellicula
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’
Today it means
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Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “pellicula”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin pellis, Latin pellicula. 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- / pellicula