Peel

Morpheme

Peel

Type

free base

Denotation

stake, staff, post, prop, stay, pale

Etymology

Middle English peel, pele; Anglo-Norman pel; Old French pele; Latin pālus

Evidence

peel, peelhouse, peels

Notes

peel, pale, palus, and pole are doublets

See Also

Pale, Pole

Homographs

Peel, Peel

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