Where does “pilus” come from?

pilus (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.

pilus (English): A hair; A hairlike appendage found on the cell...

Definitions

  1. A hair; A hairlike appendage found on the cell...

Ancestry of “pilus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpīlusa hair
2Latinpīluma pounder, pestle
3Proto-Italicpistlom—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush

Words derived from “pilus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys- →