Where does “Hilo” come from?
Hilo (Hawaiian) comes from Proto-Indo-European pilos, from French pileux, 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.
Ancestry of “Hilo”, step by step
Words derived from “Hilo”