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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
5Latinpīlus—
6Latinpīlum—
7Proto-Italicpistlom—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush

Words derived from “piller”

  • pillar
  • piller
  • pille
  • pillard
  • pillage
  • pilleur
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys- →