Etymograph

English

Pille

Pille comes from German Pille ‘pill, tablet’, from Latin pilula ‘little ball’, and ultimately from pila.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpila‘ball, globe’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpilula‘little ball’
  3. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350pille
  4. Germanc. 1650–presentPille‘pill, tablet’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpila‘ball, globe’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpilula‘little ball’
  3. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350pille
  4. Germanc. 1650–presentPille‘pill, tablet’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Latin pilus

peel, plush, piles, pilar, pillage, 22 more

through Latin pila ‘ball, globe’

pile, pillar, peloton, pellet, pila, 6 more

Today it means

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin pila / Pille

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