Epilate
/ˈɛpɪleɪt/noun
To remove hair from the body, especially by plucking, waxing, or another method that removes it from the root.
Did you know?The Latin noun pilus, meaning “hair,” survives in scientific English as pilus and pili, terms for hairlike structures on cells and microorganisms.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*pil-
“A reconstructed root associated with hair or felt-like hair material”
Classical Latin
Latin
pilus
“Hair of the body”
Late Latin
Latin
epilare
“To remove hair”
17th Century
French
épiler
“To remove hair”
17th Century
English
epilate
“To remove hair, especially by plucking”
Modern English
English
epilate
“To remove hair from the body”