Etymograph

English

peplomer

Peplomer comes from Ancient Greek πέπλος ‘outer garment’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπέπλος1‘outer garment’
  2. Englishtodaypeplomer1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English peplomer

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπέπλοςWiktionary, English peplomer‘outer garment’
  2. EnglishtodaypeplomerWiktionary, English peplomer

Formed from πέπλος ‘outer garment’ + -mer

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *pel- ‘to fold’

film, felt, simple, simply, push, filter, fold, pulse, powder, complain, pillow, flaw, pollen, repeal, palate, palpable, palladium, compulsive, palatable, expel, propel, pall, repel, pelt, polemic, wallow, pollinate, peloton, palatal, muffle, tuple, palp, pillion, apoplexy, pulver, interpolate, 62 more

through Ancient Greek πέπλος ‘outer garment’

peplum, 2 more

Today it means

noun how viruses attach to cells; spike

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “peplomer”. 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 / Ancient Greek πέπλος / peplomer

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