Where does “pilha” come from?
pilha (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese pilhar, from French piller, from Middle French piller, from Old French pillier, from Vulgar Latin piliare, from Latin pilāre, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus — to grind, to crush.
pilha (Portuguese): stack; pile; heap; battery; stack
Definitions
- stack; pile; heap; battery; stack
Ancestry of “pilha”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | pilhar | to pillage; To want to do something, to have... |
| 2 | French | piller | to plunder; to pillage |
| 3 | Middle French | piller | to plunder; to pillage |
| 4 | Old French | pillier | to plunder; to pillage |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | piliare | — |
| 6 | Latin | pilāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | pila | mortar; pillar; pier |
| 8 | Latin | pīlus | a hair |
| 9 | Latin | pīlum | a pounder, pestle |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | pistlom | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pis-tlo- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | peys- | to grind, to crush |