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peelEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English pelen, from Old English pilian and Old French peler, pellier; both from Latin pilō, pilāre (“to remove hair from, depilate”), from pilus (“hair”). Doublet of pill.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗peelEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From Middle English peel, pele, from Anglo-Norman pel (compare modern French pieu), from Latin pālus (“stake”). Doublet of pole and pale.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗peelEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
From Middle English pele, from Old French pele (modern French pelle), from Latin pāla, from the base of plangō (“fix, plant”). Doublet of pala.
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peelEnglish (en) · Etymology 5Source text
Named from Walter H. Peel, a noted 19th-century croquet player.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗peelEnglish (en) · Etymology 6Source text
From Old French piller (“pillage”).
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