Etymology

peal

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Today it means: A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, laughter, of a multitude, etc. Full definition →

Middle English pele ← Old French apel
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peal · noun, verb1

  1. Old French · derived fromapel“an appeal; pealing of bells”
  2. Middle English · derived fromapel
  3. Middle English · inherited frompele
  4. English todaypeal

From Middle English pele, peil, probably an apheretic variant of Middle English apel, appel, from Old French apel (“an appeal; pealing of bells”). Compare appeal.

peal · noun2

Uncertain.

Peal · proper noun3

Variant of Peel.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishpele all →

peel

Middle Englishapel all →

appeal

Old Frenchapel all →

appeal

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