Where does “pillolina” come from?

pillolina (Italian) comes from Italian pillola, from Latin pilula, from Latin pila, 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.

pillolina (Italian): little pill; contraceptive pill

Definitions

  1. little pill; contraceptive pill

Ancestry of “pillolina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpillolapill; contraceptive pill, the pill
2LatinpilulaA small ball, globule; pellet; A pill
3Latinpilamortar; pillar; pier
4Latinpīlusa hair
5Latinpīluma pounder, pestle
6Proto-Italicpistlom—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys- →