Where does “Pill” come from?
Pill (English) comes from Welsh pil, from English Peel, from Old French piller, from Latin piliō, from Latin pilō, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum — to grind, to crush.
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 |