Etymograph

English

pelosity

Pelosity comes from Latin pilosus ‘hairy’, and goes back to pilus ‘hair’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpilus1‘hair’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpilosus1‘hairy’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1995pelosity1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English pelosity
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1995, Anthony Burgess: “Sex, not in pornographic black and white, / But…”.

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpilusWiktionary, English pelosity‘hair’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpilosusWiktionary, English pelosity‘hairy’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1995pelosityWiktionary, English pelosity. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1995, Anthony Burgess: “Sex, not in pornographic black and white, / But…”

Linked words

through Latin pilleus ‘felt cap’

piles, pillage, 8 more

through Latin pilus ‘hair’

pile, pill, plush, peel, pilar, pellet, peloton, 22 more

Today it means

noun pilosity; hairiness

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “pelosity”. 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.

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