Where does “depilare” come from?
depilare (Romanian) comes from Romanian depila, from French dépiler, from Latin depilo, from Latin pilō, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom — to grind, to crush.
depilare (Romanian): depilation
Definitions
- depilation
Ancestry of “depilare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | depila | to depilate |
| 2 | French | dépiler | to depilate |
| 3 | Latin | depilo | I pull out the hair; I depilate; I pluck... |
| 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 |