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==Etymology==
− It is Middle English pille, [[bor|dum|pille]] or Middle Low German pille and Old French pile,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) all from Latin pilula, a little ball, a diminutive of pila, a ball,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Cresswell 2021) perhaps related to pilus, hair, if the original notion was a hairball (see [[pile]]).^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)
+ It is [[inh|enm|pille]], [[bor|dum|pille]] or [[gml|pille]] and [[fro|pile]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) all from [[la|pilula]], a little ball, a diminutive of [[m|la|pila]], a ball,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Cresswell 2021) perhaps related to pilus, hair, if the original notion was a hairball (see [[pile]]).^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)
==Earliest recorded meaning==