pillow
English
/ˈpɪləʊ/, /ˈpɪloʊ/, /ˈpɛloʊ/
noun
Definitions
- A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.
- (geology) A pillow lava.
- (engineering) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block.
- (nautical) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.
- The socket of a pivot.
- (uncountable) A kind of plain, coarse fustian.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English pilwe inherited from Old English pylwe inherited from Proto-Germanic *pulwı̨̄ (pillow) derived from Latin pulvīnus (cushion), pulvis (dust, powder).
Origin
Latin
pulvis
Gloss
dust, powder
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bear English
- book English
- case English
- pillowbeer English
- pillowber English
- pillowbook English
- pillowcase English
- pillowest English
- pilloweth English
- pillowless English
- pillowlike English
- pillowside English
- pillowslip English
- pillowtop English
- pillowy English
- pulverine English
- pulvinone English
- slip English
- snow English
- snow pillow English
- top English
- *pulus Latin
- *pulvic(u)la Latin
- *pulvus Latin
- *pŭlverēta Latin
- pulverem Latin
- pulverulentus Latin
- pulvinus Latin
- pulvis Latin
- pulvīnus Latin
- Pfühl German
- polve Italian
- polverino Italian
- peluw Dutch, Flemish
- poudre French
- polvorón Spanish, Castilian
- polvos Spanish, Castilian
- *pel- Proto-Indo-European
- *pulwı̨̄ Proto-Germanic
- pyle Old English
- pylwe Old English
- pilwe Middle English
- piliúr Irish
- poudre Old French
- spulbera Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- poluwe Middle Dutch
- spulbir Aromanian
- Pfulme Alemannic German
- pēl Old Frisian
- pilo Tok Pisin
- Peel Saterland Frisian
- poudre xno
- pulvro Dalmatian
- pólvra Emilian