Where does “pillage” come from?
pillage (French) comes from French piller, from Middle French piller, from Old French pillier, from Vulgar Latin piliare, from Latin pilāre, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum — to grind, to crush.
pillage (French): pillage
Definitions
- pillage
Ancestry of “pillage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | piller | to plunder; to pillage |
| 2 | Middle French | piller | to plunder; to pillage |
| 3 | Old French | pillier | to plunder; to pillage |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | piliare | — |
| 5 | Latin | pilāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | pila | mortar; pillar; pier |
| 7 | Latin | pīlus | a hair |
| 8 | Latin | pīlum | a pounder, pestle |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | pistlom | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pis-tlo- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | peys- | to grind, to crush |