The story
- Latin · derived frompila“ball”
- Vulgar Latin · derived from*pilotta
- Old French · derived frompelote“small ball”
- Middle English · inherited frompelote
- English todaypellet
Inherited from Middle English pelote, pelet, from Old French pelote (“small ball”), from Vulgar Latin *pilotta, diminutive of Latin pila (“ball”). Doublet of pelota.
Words from the same roots
Latinpila all →
pillpillarpilespelotonpilapillory
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.