Etymology

peleton

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Today it means: A small pellet or ball. Full definition →

First used 18ᵗʰ CenturyFrench peloton
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The story

  1. French · derived frompeloton“little ball”
  2. English todaypeleton

From the French peloton (“little ball”); compare peloton.

Words from the same roots

Frenchpeloton all →

peloton

First known use, by meaning

  • 18ᵗʰ Century A small pellet or ball.
  • current Misspelling of peloton.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.