Where does “depilatório” come from?
depilatório (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese depilar, from Latin depilo, from Latin pilō, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo- — to grind, to crush.
depilatório (Portuguese): depilatory
Definitions
- depilatory
Ancestry of “depilatório”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | depilar | to depilate |
| 2 | Latin | depilo | I pull out the hair; I depilate; I pluck... |
| 3 | Latin | pilō | to put forth hairs, grow hairy |
| 4 | Latin | pila | mortar; pillar; pier |
| 5 | Latin | pīlus | a hair |
| 6 | Latin | pīlum | a pounder, pestle |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pistlom | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pis-tlo- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | peys- | to grind, to crush |