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Where does “pillageth” come from?

pillageth (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.

pillageth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “pillageth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpillageTo loot or plunder by force, especially in time...
2Old Frenchpillagepillaging
3Old FrenchpillerAlternative form of pillier; pillage; plunder
4Latinpiliō—
5Latinpilō—
6Latinpilamortar; pillar; pier
7Latinpīlus—
8Latinpīlum—
9Proto-Italicpistlom—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush
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