PILLION

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PILLION , a

light

LIGHT

saddle

SADDLE (a word common to
Teutonic
- TEUTONIC
- TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES
languages, cf. Ger. Sattel, Dut. zadel, also in Russ. siedlo and Lat. sella, for sedla; it is not derived directly from Lat. sedile, which means a chair, but all the words are to be referred to the root sad-, which gives

without

pommel

POMMEL (through O. Fr. pomel, from a diminutive pomellus of Lat. pomum,
fruit
- FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)
, apple)

or bow, especially a pad fastened to the back of an

ordinary

ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

saddle

SADDLE (a word common to
Teutonic
- TEUTONIC
- TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES
languages, cf. Ger. Sattel, Dut. zadel, also in Russ. siedlo and Lat. sella, for sedla; it is not derived directly from Lat. sedile, which means a chair, but all the words are to be referred to the root sad-, which gives

, as a seat for another person, generally a woman. Pillions were also used to support baggage. They were in common use from the 16th to the 18th centuries. The word appears to have been adapted into

English

ENGLISH

from the Irish pillin, cushion, formed from Lat. pellis, skin. In the sense of a hat worn by a priest or

doctor

DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

of divinity, " pillon " or " pylion " occurs in the 15th and 16th centuries. This is probably from Lat. pileus, a conical

felt

FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the
root
- ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
- ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

hat or cap, Gr. wcaor.

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