Where does “pilar” come from?
pilar (Middle Low German) comes from Vulgar Latin pilare, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo-, from Proto-Indo-European peys- — to grind, to crush.
Ancestry of “pilar”, step by step
Words derived from “pilar”