Peel

Morpheme

Peel

Type

free base

Denotation

rind, bark, skin, strip off, remove hair from

Etymology

Middle English pelen; Old English pilian and Old French peler; Latin pilāre, from pilus and probably also influenced by Latin pellis

Evidence

overpeel, peel, peelability, peelable, peeled, peeler, peelie, peeling, peelless, peelout, peels, peely, repeel, unpeel, unpeeled

Notes

peel and pill are doublets

Doublet

Pill

See Also

Pile, Pill, Pell

Homographs

Peel, Peel