Where does “termopilă” come from?
termopilă (Romanian) comes from English thermopile, from English pile, from French pile, from Old French pile, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom — to grind, to crush.
termopilă (Romanian): thermopile
Definitions
- thermopile
Ancestry of “termopilă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | thermopile | An electronic device that converts thermal energy... |
| 2 | English | pile | A mass of things heaped together; a heap; A group... |
| 3 | French | pile | heap, stack; pillar; battery |
| 4 | Old French | pile | — |
| 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 |