Etymology of the English word compile
the English word
compilederived from the Old French word
compilerderived from the Latin word
compilare (rob, pillage, snatch)
using the Latin prefix
com-derived from the Latin word
cum (with)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kom (near, with, together)
derived from the Latin word
pilare (grow hairy; depilate; plunder)
derived from the Late Latin word
pilus (hair; chief; hair; bit, whit)
derived from the Greek word
pilusderived from the Latin word
pila (ball; sphere; squared pillar; pier, pile)
Date
The earliest known usage of compile in English dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in English
compiler,
compiled,
compilingUsage
Word found in Modern English
