pestle
English
/ˈpɛsəl/
noun
Definitions
- A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.
- (archaic) A constable's or bailiff's staff; so called from its shape.
- The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English pestel derived from Old French pestel derived from Latin pistillum root from Proto-Indo-European *peys- (crush, grind).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*peys-
Gloss
crush, grind
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- micropestle English
- pistillation English
- *pisāre Latin
- Pilumnus Latin
- pilum Latin
- pinso Latin
- pinsāre Latin
- pistillum Latin
- pistrīnum Latin
- pistōrem Latin
- pīlum Latin
- pīnsus Latin
- pīnsō Latin
- baciapile Italian
- pigiata Italian
- piste French
- pistil French
- pisador Spanish, Castilian
- pisapapeles Spanish, Castilian
- pisapatatas Spanish, Castilian
- pisar Spanish, Castilian
- repisa Spanish, Castilian
- *peys- Proto-Indo-European
- *pis-en-om Proto-Indo-European
- pestel Middle English
- *pěstъ Proto-Slavic
- *pьxati Proto-Slavic
- pestel Old French
- pisti Lithuanian
- *piṣáti Proto-Indo-Aryan
- пихати Old East Slavic
- *paiš- Proto-Iranian