Where does “pile” come from?
Pile comes from Middle French pile, from Latin pila, from Latin pilus, from Latin pilum, from Proto-Indo-European peys-.
pile (English): A mass of things heaped together; a heap; A group...
Definitions
- A mass of things heaped together; a heap; A group...
Ancestry of “pile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | pile | heap, stack; pillar; battery |
| 2 | Old French | pile | — |
| 3 | Latin | pila | mortar; pillar; pier |
| 4 | Latin | pīlus | — |
| 5 | Latin | pīlum | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | pistlom | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pis-tlo- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | peys- | to grind, to crush |
Words derived from “pile”