Where does “sugar pill” come from?
sugar pill (English) comes from English Pill, from Welsh pil, from English Peel, from Old French piller, from Latin piliō, from Latin pilō, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus — to grind, to crush.
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Ancestry of “sugar pill”, step by step
sugar pill traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Pill
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Pill | OS grid ref ST5275 |
| 2 | Welsh | pil | peel, rind |
| 3 | English | Peel | A placename |
| 4 | Old French | piller | Alternative form of pillier; pillage; plunder |
| 5 | Latin | piliō | — |
| 6 | Latin | pilō | to put forth hairs, grow hairy |
| 7 | Latin | pila | mortar; pillar; pier |
| 8 | Latin | pīlus | a hair |
| 9 | Latin | pīlum | a pounder, pestle |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | pistlom | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pis-tlo- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | peys- | to grind, to crush |
via English Sugar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Sugar | radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter S |
| 2 | German | zucker | inflection of zuckern: ## first-person singular... |
| 3 | German | zücken | to draw |
| 4 | Middle High German | zucken | — |
| 5 | Old High German | zucken | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | tukkijaną | To draw; snatch; pull out; whip out |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tug- | — |
| 8 | Frankish | -wald | — |
| 9 | Frankish | wald | power, mastery, dominion; reigning; ruling |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | waldaz | leader |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | waldaną | to rule |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | waldʰ- | to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess |