Where does “akut-p-piller” come from?
akut-p-piller (Swedish) comes from Swedish p-piller, from Swedish piller, from Latin pilula, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo- — to grind, to crush.
akut-p-piller (Swedish): a morning-after pill
Definitions
- a morning-after pill
Ancestry of “akut-p-piller”, step by step
akut-p-piller traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish p-piller
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | p-piller | an oral contraceptive pill; a birth control pill, the pill |
| 2 | Swedish | piller | a pill |
| 3 | Latin | pilula | A small ball, globule; pellet; A pill |
| 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 |
via Swedish akut
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | akut | critical (as might warrant immediate action); (extremely) urgent, an emergency, etc |
| 2 | Latin | acūtus | sharpened, made sharp, sharp, having been sharpened |
| 3 | Latin | acuō | to make pointed, sharpen, whet |
| 4 | Latin | acus | a needle, a pin; bodkin; bran, awn, chaff |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | akus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ- | sharp |