Where does “piliform” come from?
piliform (English) comes from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo-, from Proto-Indo-European peys- — to grind, to crush.
piliform (English): Resembling hair; in Webster’s Revised Unabridged...
Definitions
- Resembling hair; in Webster’s Revised Unabridged...
Ancestry of “piliform”, step by step