Where does “unpillared” come from?
unpillared (English) comes from English pillared, from English pillar, from Old French pilier, from Vulgar Latin pilare, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom — to grind, to crush.
unpillared (English): Not pillared
Ancestry of “unpillared”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | pillared | Having pillars; simple past tense and past... |
| 2 | English | pillar | A large post, often used as supporting... |
| 3 | Old French | pilier | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | pilare | a pillar |
| 5 | Latin | pila | mortar; pillar; pier |
| 6 | Latin | pīlus | — |
| 7 | Latin | pīlum | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pistlom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pis-tlo- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peys- | to grind, to crush |