Where does “empilement” come from?
empilement (French) comes from French empiler, from French pile, from Old French pile, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo- — to grind, to crush.
empilement (French): piling up, stacking; close-packing
Definitions
- piling up, stacking; close-packing
Ancestry of “empilement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | empiler | to pile up |
| 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 |