Where does “depilate” come from?
depilate (English) comes from Latin depilatus, from Latin depilo, from Latin pilō, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo- — to grind, to crush.
depilate (English): To remove hair from the body
Definitions
- To remove hair from the body
Ancestry of “depilate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | depilatus | plucked; depilated |
| 2 | Latin | depilo | I pull out the hair; I depilate; I pluck... |
| 3 | Latin | pilō | — |
| 4 | Latin | pila | mortar; pillar; pier |
| 5 | Latin | pīlus | — |
| 6 | Latin | pīlum | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pistlom | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pis-tlo- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | peys- | to grind, to crush |
Words derived from “depilate”