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pilo.

to put forth hairs, grow hairy

4 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈpɪ.ɫoː]Classical-Latin[ˈpiː.lo]
  1. to put forth hairs, grow hairy

    conjugation-1 · intransitive
  2. to deprive of hair, make bald, depilate

    conjugation-1 · transitive
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).

verb[ˈpiː.ɫoː]Classical-Latin[ˈpiː.lo]
  1. to ram down, fix firmly

    conjugation-1 · no-perfect
  2. to rob (attested from ca. 400 CE; cf. the similar sense of compīlō)

    Late-Latin · conjugation-1 · no-perfect
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.

noun[ˈpiː.ɫoː]Classical-Latin[ˈpiː.lo]
  1. alternative form of pillō

    alt-of · alternative · declension-3
Where this word comes from

See Medieval Latin pillō (“chaff”).

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