Where does “pilasteri” come from?
pilasteri (Finnish) comes from English pilaster, from French pilastre, from Middle French pilastre, from Italian pilastro, from Italian pila, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum — to grind, to crush.
pilasteri (Finnish): pilaster
Definitions
- pilaster
Ancestry of “pilasteri”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pilaster | A rectangular column that projects partially from... |
| 2 | French | pilastre | pilaster |
| 3 | Middle French | pilastre | — |
| 4 | Italian | pilastro | pillar, column; pilaster; obelisk |
| 5 | Italian | pila | pile; battery; torch / flashlight |
| 6 | Latin | pila | mortar; pillar; pier |
| 7 | Latin | pīlus | a hair |
| 8 | Latin | pīlum | a pounder, pestle |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | pistlom | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pis-tlo- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | peys- | to grind, to crush |