Where does “piller” come from?

piller (Middle French) comes from Old French pillier, from Vulgar Latin piliare, from Latin pilāre, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo- — to grind, to crush.

piller (Middle French): to plunder; to pillage

Definitions

  1. to plunder; to pillage

Ancestry of “piller”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpillierto plunder; to pillage
2Vulgar Latinpiliare
3Latinpilāre
4Latinpilamortar; pillar; pier
5Latinpīlusa hair
6Latinpīluma pounder, pestle
7Proto-Italicpistlom
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush

Words derived from “piller

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo-Every word from Proto-Italic pistlom
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