Where does “depilar” come from?

depilar (Galician) comes from Latin depilo, from Latin pilō, 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.

depilar (Galician): to remove hair from the body; to depilate

Definitions

  1. to remove hair from the body; to depilate

Ancestry of “depilar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatindepiloI pull out the hair; I depilate; I pluck...
2Latinpilōto put forth hairs, grow hairy
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 →