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
- Having pillars; simple past tense and past...
Ancestry of “pillared”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | pillar | A large post, often used as supporting... |
| 2 | Old French | pilier | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | pilare | a pillar |
| 4 | Latin | pila | mortar; pillar; pier |
| 5 | Latin | pīlus | — |
| 6 | Latin | pīlum | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pistlom | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pis-tlo- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | peys- | to grind, to crush |
Words derived from “pillared”