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Where does “pilorier” come from?

pilorier (French) comes from French pilori, from Middle French pilori, from Old French pilori, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo- — to grind, to crush.

pilorier (French): to pillory

Definitions

  1. to pillory

Ancestry of “pilorier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpiloripillory; stocks
2Middle Frenchpilori—
3Old Frenchpilori—
4Latinpilamortar; pillar; pier
5Latinpīlus—
6Latinpīlum—
7Proto-Italicpistlom—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys- →