Where does “pillageable” come from?
pillageable (English) comes from English pillage, from Old French pillage, from Old French piller, from Latin piliō, from Latin pilō, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum — to grind, to crush.
pillageable (English): Able or fit to be pillaged
Definitions
- Able or fit to be pillaged
Ancestry of “pillageable”, step by step
pillageable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pillage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pillage | To loot or plunder by force, especially in time... |
| 2 | Old French | pillage | pillaging |
| 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 |
via English able
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | able | Easy to use; Suitable; competent; Liable to |
| 2 | Middle English | able | capable, expert, qualified, skilful, competent |
| 3 | Old French | able | able; capable |
| 4 | Latin | habilis | able to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient... |
| 5 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |