Etymology

pelerin

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Today it means: A pilgrim. Full definition →

Middle English pelerin ← Old French pelerin ← Latin peregrīnus
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  1. Latin · derived fromperegrīnus“foreigner, traveler”
  2. Old French · derived frompelerin
  3. Middle English · inherited frompelerin
  4. English todaypelerin

From Middle English pelerin, from Old French pelerin, from Latin peregrīnus (“foreigner, traveler”). Doublet of pilgrim.

Words from the same roots

Latinperegrīnus all →

pilgrimperegrine

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.