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

  1. piling up, stacking; close-packing

Ancestry of “empilement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchempilerto pile up
2Frenchpileheap, stack; pillar; battery
3Old Frenchpile—
4Latinpilamortar; pillar; pier
5Latinpīlusa hair
6Latinpīluma pounder, pestle
7Proto-Italicpistlom—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo- →Every word from Proto-Italic pistlom →