pillow

pillows (soft cushions)

Meanings

Noun

Verb

  • To rest as on a pillow.

Origin

  • From Middle English pilwe, from Old English pylwe, pylu, pyle, from Proto-West Germanic *pulwī, from Latin pulvīnus, derived from pulvis + -īnus, for the filler of a pillow. pulvinus.

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