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