Where does “pili” come from?
pili (Neapolitan) comes from Neapolitan pelo, from Latin pilus, from Proto-Indo-European pil-, from Proto-Algonquian *pi·l-.
pili (Neapolitan): plural of pelo
Ancestry of “pili”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Neapolitan | pelo | hair |
| 2 | Latin | pilus | A hair; An insignificant amount; iota; least... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | pil- | one string of hair; string of hair; strand of... |
| 4 | Proto-Algonquian | *pi·l- | — |