The story
- Latin · derived fromperegrīnus“foreigner”
- Old French · derived frompelegrin
- Old English · derived frompilegrī̆m
- Middle English · inherited frompilegrim
- English todaypilgrim
Inherited from Middle English pilegrim, from Old English pilegrī̆m, from Old French pelegrin, from Latin peregrīnus (“foreigner”). Doublet of peregrine. The change of /r…r/ to /l…r/ is an effect of dissimilation in early Romance; compare Italian pellegrino.
Words from the same roots
Latinperegrīnus all →
peregrinepelerin
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.