Where does “pila” come from?
pila (Cebuano) comes from Spanish fila, from French filé, from French filer, from Latin fīlāre, from Latin fīlum, from Proto-Italic fī(s)lom, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-.
pila (Cebuano): how many?; how much?
Definitions
- how many?; how much?
Ancestry of “pila”, step by step
pila traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish fila
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | fila | line, row, rank, file |
| 2 | French | filé | past participle of filer; simple or twisted... |
| 3 | French | filer | to spin; to thread through; to spin a thread |
| 4 | Latin | fīlāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | fīlum | thread, string, filament, fiber |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | fī(s)lom | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- | — |
via Proto-Austronesian *pijax
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Austronesian | *pijax | how many |