pellis.
animal skin; pelt, fell, hide; leather
Meaning & usage
animal skin; pelt, fell, hide; leather
animal skin; pelt, fell, hide; leather human skin
a garment, article of clothing made of skin
a tent for soldiers (they were covered with skins)
a parchment
a drum
a thin peelable film covering the outside of a sporocarp
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Italic *pelnis, from Proto-Indo-European *pel-ni-s (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth”), from *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πέλμᾰ (pélmă, “sole of the foot”), Old English fell (“fell, skin, hide; garment of skin”), likely with English pelt (“skin of an animal”) as well.
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