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Where does “impilare” come from?

impilare (Italian) comes from French empiler, from French pile, from Old French pile, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo- — to grind, to crush.

impilare (Italian): To stack or pile

Definitions

  1. To stack or pile

Ancestry of “impilare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchempilerto pile up
2Frenchpileheap, stack; pillar; battery
3Old Frenchpile—
4Latinpilamortar; pillar; pier
5Latinpīlus—
6Latinpīlum—
7Proto-Italicpistlom—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush

Words derived from “impilare”

  • impilabile
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys- →