Reconstruction:Latin/piliare
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piˈlʲare/
Verb
*pīliāre (Proto-Romance)
- to take
Reconstruction notes
Despite the formal and semantic resemblance, the French piller (“to plunder”) does not belong to this word-family.
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: pigliare
- Neapolitan: pegliare, pigliare
- Insular Romance:
- ⇒ Sardinian: ispizare (*ex-piliare)
- Padanian:
- Gallo-Romance:
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*pīliare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 8: Patavia–Pix, page 494