pile

History and Etymology for pile

Noun (1)

Middle English, dart, quill, pole driven into the ground, from Old English pīl, from Latin pilum javelin

Verb (2)

Middle English, from pile entry 4

Noun (2)

Middle English pier of a bridge, stack, heap, from Middle French pille pier of a bridge, from Latin pila pillar

Noun (3)

Middle English, from Anglo-French peil, pil hair, coat with thick nap, from Latin pilus hair

Noun (4)

Middle English pilez, plural, from Medieval Latin pili, perhaps from Latin pila ball