Where does “pigliatutto” come from?

pigliatutto (Italian) comes from Italian pigliare, from Vulgar Latin piliare, from Latin pilāre, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo- — to grind, to crush.

pigliatutto (Italian): catch-all; all-conquering

Definitions

  1. catch-all; all-conquering

Ancestry of “pigliatutto”, step by step

pigliatutto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian pigliare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianpigliareSynonym of prendere
2Vulgar Latinpiliare—
3Latinpilāre—
4Latinpilamortar; pillar; pier
5Latinpīlusa hair
6Latinpīluma pounder, pestle
7Proto-Italicpistlom—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush

via Italian tutto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantuttoall; everything, all; anything
2Vulgar Latintōttus—
3Latintōtuswhole, all, entire, total, complete, every part
4Latintotso many
5Proto-Indo-Europeantotiso many
6Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo- →Every word from Proto-Italic pistlom →