The story
- Hawaiian · derived fromPele
- New Latin · learned borrowing frompelea
- English todaypelea
Learned borrowing from New Latin pelea, from Hawaiian Pele (Hawaiian fire goddess) + -ea. Equivalent to Pele + -a.
Words from the same roots
HawaiianPele all →
Pele
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.