Where does “Pill” come from?
Pill is not directly etymologized from the provided chain; the chain traces pull (Middle English pullen, Old English pullian) through Welsh pwl, but Pill's origin remains unknown.
Pill (English): OS grid ref ST5275
Definitions
- OS grid ref ST5275
Ancestry of “Pill”, step by step
Pill traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Welsh pil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welsh | pil | peel, rind |
| 2 | English | Peel | A placename |
| 3 | Old French | piller | Alternative form of pillier; pillage; plunder |
| 4 | Latin | piliō | — |
| 5 | Latin | pilō | to put forth hairs, grow hairy |
| 6 | Latin | pila | mortar; pillar; pier |
| 7 | Latin | pīlus | a hair |
| 8 | Latin | pīlum | a pounder, pestle |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | pistlom | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pis-tlo- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | peys- | to grind, to crush |