- pellet (n.)
- mid-14c., from Old French pelote "small ball" (11c.), from Vulgar Latin *pilotta, diminutive of Latin pila "ball, playing ball, the game of ball," perhaps originally "ball of hair," from pilus "hair" (see pile (n.3)).
- pellet (v.)
- "to form into pellets," 1590s, from pellet (n.).
