Where does “pilai” come from?

pilai (French) comes from French piler, from Latin pilāre, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo-, from Proto-Indo-European peys- — to grind, to crush.

pilai (French): first-person singular past historic of piler

Definitions

  1. first-person singular past historic of piler

Ancestry of “pilai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpilerto crush; to slam on the brakes of a vehicle,...
2Latinpilāre—
3Latinpilamortar; pillar; pier
4Latinpīlusa hair
5Latinpīluma pounder, pestle
6Proto-Italicpistlom—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
8Proto-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 →