Where does “Apilado” come from?
Apilado (Tagalog) comes from Spanish apilado, from Spanish apilar, from Spanish pilar, from Latin pilō, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom — to grind, to crush.
Ancestry of “Apilado”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | apilado | |
| 2 | Spanish | apilar | to stack, to pile up |
| 3 | Spanish | pilar | pillar, pier; The player who is next to the... |
| 4 | Latin | pilō | — |
| 5 | Latin | pila | mortar; pillar; pier |
| 6 | Latin | pīlus | — |
| 7 | Latin | pīlum | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pistlom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pis-tlo- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peys- | to grind, to crush |