myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of compilare

Etymology of the Latin word compilare

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 pilus

derived from the Latin word pila (ball; sphere; squared pillar; pier, pile)

French compiler, Italian compilare, Portuguese compilar, Portuguese copilar, Spanish compilar