pilo.
to put forth hairs, grow hairy
Meaning & usage
to put forth hairs, grow hairy
to deprive of hair, make bald, depilate
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pil-? Latin pilus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin pilō From pilus (“hair”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).
to ram down, fix firmly
to rob (attested from ca. 400 CE; cf. the similar sense of compīlō)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *peilā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *peilāō Latin pīlō Inherited from Proto-Italic *peilāō.
alternative form of pillō
Where this word comes from
See Medieval Latin pillō (“chaff”).
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