Where does “pilour” come from?
pilour (Old French) comes from Old French piler, 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.
pilour (Old French): plunderer; pillager
Ancestry of “pilour”, step by step