Where does “distillen” come from?

distillen (Middle English) comes from Old French distiller, from Latin distillare, from Latin stilla — a drop; a drop, small quantity.

Ancestry of “distillen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdistiller—
2Latindistillarepresent active infinitive of distīllō;...
3Latinstillaa drop; a drop, small quantity

Words derived from “distillen”

Every word from Latin stilla →Every word from Latin distillare →Every word from Old French distiller →