Where does “pilier” come from?

pilier (French) comes from Old French piler, from Vulgar Latin pilare, 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.

pilier (French): pillar; prop

Definitions

  1. pillar; prop

Ancestry of “pilier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpilerpillar
2Vulgar Latinpilarea pillar
3Latinpilamortar; pillar; pier
4Latinpīlusa hair
5Latinpīluma pounder, pestle
6Proto-Italicpistlom—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush

Words derived from “pilier”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo- →Every word from Proto-Italic pistlom →