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Where does “e-pilleri” come from?

e-pilleri (Finnish) comes from Finnish ehkäisypilleri, from Finnish pilleri, from Swedish piller, from Latin pilula, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom — to grind, to crush.

e-pilleri (Finnish): contraceptive pill

Definitions

  1. contraceptive pill

Ancestry of “e-pilleri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishehkäisypillericontraceptive pill
2Finnishpilleripill
3Swedishpillera pill
4LatinpilulaA small ball, globule; pellet; A pill
5Latinpilamortar; pillar; pier
6Latinpīlus—
7Latinpīlum—
8Proto-Italicpistlom—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys- →