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

Definitions

  1. plural of pelo

Ancestry of “pili”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Neapolitanpelohair
2LatinpilusA hair; An insignificant amount; iota; least...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpil-one string of hair; string of hair; strand of...
4Proto-Algonquian*pi·l-—
Every word from Proto-Algonquian *pi·l- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pil- →Every word from Latin pilus →
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