Where does “antipilling” come from?
antipilling (English) comes from English pilling, from English pill, from Middle English pille, from Middle Dutch pille, from Medieval Latin pilla, from Latin pilula, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus — to grind, to crush.
antipilling (English): Preventing or countering the formation of pills...
Definitions
- Preventing or countering the formation of pills...
Ancestry of “antipilling”, step by step
antipilling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pilling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pilling | present participle of pill; Balls of fibre formed... |
| 2 | English | pill | A small, usually round or cylindrical object... |
| 3 | Middle English | pille | — |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | pille | — |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | pilla | — |
| 6 | Latin | pilula | A small ball, globule; pellet; A pill |
| 7 | Latin | pila | mortar; pillar; pier |
| 8 | Latin | pīlus | a hair |
| 9 | Latin | pīlum | a pounder, pestle |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | pistlom | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pis-tlo- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | peys- | to grind, to crush |