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

impilare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French empiler

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

via Romanian împila

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianîmpilato press (down upon), step on, tamp, compress
2Latinimpillāre
3Latinpilāre

Words derived from “impilare

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo-Every word from Proto-Italic pistlom
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