Pelt Definition

Origin of Pelt

• Middle English pelten variant of pilten perhaps ultimately from Latin pultāre to beat variant of pulsāre frequentative of pellere to strike pel-⁵ in Indo-European roots

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• From Old French pelette, diminutive of pel (“a skin"), from Latin pellis. Alternatively a contraction of peltry (“skins") from the same Old French and Latin roots.

  From Wiktionary

• Middle English probably from Old French pelete diminutive of pel skin from Latin pellis pel-³ in Indo-European roots

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Possible contraction of pellet

  From Wiktionary