Where does “pillared” come from?

Pillared comes from Middle English -ed, Old English -od, Latin pila, Latin pilus, Latin pilum, Proto-Indo-European peys-, and Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo-, ultimately deriving from a root meaning hair or fiber.

pillared (English): Having pillars; simple past tense and past...

Definitions

  1. Having pillars; simple past tense and past...

Ancestry of “pillared”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpillarA large post, often used as supporting...
2Old Frenchpilier
3Vulgar Latinpilarea pillar
4Latinpilamortar; pillar; pier
5Latinpīlusa hair
6Latinpīluma pounder, pestle
7Proto-Italicpistlom
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush

Words derived from “pillared

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys-