English

leafpile

From leaf + pile.

A compound of leaf + pile

Proto-Germanic *laubą

Proto-West Germanic *laub

Old English lēaf

Middle English lef ‘Foliage’

English leaf

Proto-Indo-European *peys- ‘to grind, to crush’

Latin pīla ‘pillar, pier’

Old French pile

Middle English pyle ‘pillar’

English pile

Today it means

noun A pile of leaves.

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

Etymograph / leafpile