Where does “pili” come from?

pili (Latin) comes from Latin pilus, from Proto-Indo-European pil-, from Proto-Algonquian *pi·l-.

pili (Latin): nominative plural of pilus; genitive singular of...

Definitions

  1. nominative plural of pilus; genitive singular of...

Ancestry of “pili”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinpilusA hair; An insignificant amount; iota; least...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpil-one string of hair; string of hair; strand of...
3Proto-Algonquian*pi·l-—
Every word from Proto-Algonquian *pi·l- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pil- →Every word from Latin pilus →