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Where does “pileux” come from?

pileux (French) comes from Latin pilōsus, 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.

pileux (French): hair

Definitions

  1. hair

Ancestry of “pileux”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpilōsus—
2Latinpīlus—
3Latinpīlum—
4Proto-Italicpistlom—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys- →