Where does “pilifero” come from?
pilifero (Italian) comes from Italian pile, from English pile, from French pile, from Old French pile, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom — to grind, to crush.
pilifero (Italian): hair; piliferous, hairy
Definitions
- hair; piliferous, hairy
Ancestry of “pilifero”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | pile | fleece; plural of pila |
| 2 | English | pile | A mass of things heaped together; a heap; A group... |
| 3 | French | pile | heap, stack; pillar; battery |
| 4 | Old French | pile | — |
| 5 | Latin | pila | mortar; pillar; pier |
| 6 | Latin | pīlus | a hair |
| 7 | Latin | pīlum | a pounder, pestle |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pistlom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pis-tlo- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peys- | to grind, to crush |