Where does “woodpile” come from?
Woodpile combines English wood with pile, from Middle French pile, Latin pila, and Latin pilum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots related to hair and weaving.
woodpile (English): A pile of cut wood to be used as fuel; An...
Definitions
- A pile of cut wood to be used as fuel; An...
Ancestry of “woodpile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | pile | A mass of things heaped together; a heap; A group... |
| 2 | French | pile | heap, stack; pillar; battery |
| 3 | Old French | pile | — |
| 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 |