Etymology

pellage

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Today it means: The duty on hides, furs and skins. Full definition →

French pellage ← Latin pellicula
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  1. Latin · derived frompellicula
  2. French · derived frompellage
  3. English todaypellage

From French pellage, from Latin pellicula, from pellis (“a skin”). By surface analysis, pell + -age.

Words from the same roots

Latinpellicula all →

pelliclepellicule

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