Where does “pila” come from?

pila (Medieval Latin) comes from Proto-Italic pistlā, from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo-, from Proto-Indo-European peys- — to grind, to crush.

pila (Medieval Latin): bullet; mortar; pillar

Definitions

  1. bullet; mortar; pillar

Ancestry of “pila”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicpistlā—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush

Words derived from “pila”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo- →Every word from Proto-Italic pistlā →