Depilate
/ˈdɛp.ɪ.leɪt/noun
To remove hair from the body.
Did you know?Depilate comes from Latin depilare, built from de- (“away”) + pilus (“hair”), and its cousin pileus gave English words like pileous in science and tons of hair-related Latin forms.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
depilare
“to remove the hair from”
Classical Latin
Latin
de- + pilus
“away + hair”
Late Latin
Latin
depilatus
“shorn or hairless”
Middle French
French
depiler
“to remove hair”
16th Century
English
depilate
“to remove hair”