Where does “pillage” come from?
pillage (Norman) comes from Old French pillage, from Old French piller, from Latin piliō, from Latin pilō, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom — to grind, to crush.
pillage (Norman): looting
Definitions
- looting
Ancestry of “pillage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | pillage | pillaging |
| 2 | Old French | piller | Alternative form of pillier; pillage; plunder |
| 3 | Latin | piliō | — |
| 4 | Latin | pilō | to put forth hairs, grow hairy |
| 5 | Latin | pila | mortar; pillar; pier |
| 6 | Latin | pīlus | a hair |
| 7 | Latin | pīlum | a pounder, pestle |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pistlom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pis-tlo- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peys- | to grind, to crush |