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pileEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English pyle, from Old French pile, from Latin pīla (“pillar, pier”).
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From Middle English pyle, from Old French pile, from Latin pīla (“pillar, pier”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗pileEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From Middle English pile, from Old English pīl, from Proto-West Germanic *pīl, from Latin pīlum (“heavy javelin”). Cognate with Dutch pijl, German Pfeil. Doublet of pilum.
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Apparently from Late Latin pilus. Doublet of pilus.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗pileEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
From Middle English pile, partly from Anglo-Norman pil (a variant of peil, poil (“hair”)) and partly from its source, Latin pilus (“hair”). Doublet of pilus.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗pileEnglish (en) · Etymology 5Source text
From French pile (“battery”), with the pronunciation adapted to the existing English word pile. Doublet of Etymology 1, which may have influenced the sense development by emphasizing the stack (“pile”) out of which early batteries were made.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- PileEnglish · e-38699-3114
Pile, pīl, n. a roundish mass: a heap of separate objects: combustibles, esp. for burning dead bodies: a large building: a heap of shot or shell: (elect.) a form of battery consisting of a number of dissimilar metal plat
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Pile, pīl, n. a pillar: a large stake driven into the earth to support foundations: a pyramidal figure in a heraldic bearing.—v.t. to drive piles into.—ns. Pile′-driv′er, Pile′-en′gine, an engine for driving down piles;
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Pile, pīl, n. hair, fur: the nap on cloth, esp. if regular and closely set.—v.t. to furnish with pile, to make shaggy.—adj. Pile′-worn, worn threadbare. [O. Fr. peil, poil—L. pĭlus, a hair.]
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