Where does “pilus” come from?

pilus (Latin) comes from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo-, from Proto-Indo-European peys- — to grind, to crush.

pilus (Latin): a hair

Definitions

  1. a hair

Ancestry of “pilus”, step by step

pilus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin pīlum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpīluma pounder, pestle
2Proto-Italicpistlom—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush

via Proto-Indo-European pil-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpil-one string of hair; string of hair; strand of...
2Proto-Algonquian*pi·l-—

Words derived from “pilus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys- →
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