peel
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From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Middle English pelen, from Old English pilian and Old French peler, pellier; both from Latin pilō, pilāre (“to remove hair from, depilate”), from pilus (“hair”). Doublet of pill.
peel (third-person singular simple present peels, present participle peeling, simple past and past participle peeled)
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peel (countable and uncountable, plural peels)
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From Middle English peel, pele, from Anglo-Norman pel (compare modern French pieu), from Latin pālus (“stake”). Doublet of pole and pale.
peel (plural peels)
From Middle English pele, from Old French pele (modern French pelle), from Latin pāla, from the base of plangō (“fix, plant”). Doublet of pala.
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Unknown.
peel (plural peels)
peel (third-person singular simple present peels, present participle peeling, simple past and past participle peeled)
Named from Walter H. Peel, a noted 19th-century croquet player.
peel (third-person singular simple present peels, present participle peeling, simple past and past participle peeled)
From Old French piller (“pillage”).
peel (third-person singular simple present peels, present participle peeling, simple past and past participle peeled)
peel (plural peels)
peel
peel
From Middle English pele, from Old French pele, from Latin pāla.
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