French word pelage comes from French -age, French poil (Bristle (on a brush). Hair (on the body).)

Detailed word origin of pelage

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
-age	French (fra)	(rare) Forming collective nouns.. Forming nouns with the sense of "action or result of Xing" or, more rarely, "action related to X".. Forming nouns with the sense of "state of being (a) X".
poil	French (fra)	Bristle (on a brush). Hair (on the body).
pelage	French (fra)	Fur.

Words with the same origin as pelage