Etymograph

English

oppilation

Oppilation comes from Latin oppilatio ‘obstruction, occlusion’, from oppīlō ‘to block’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *peilā ‘pillar’.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*peilā1‘pillar’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*peilāō1‘to make like a pillar’reconstructedderived within Proto-Italic
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpīlō2‘to ram down or fix firmly’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoppīlō3‘to block’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoppilatio4‘obstruction, occlusion’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1587oppilation4

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin pilo
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin oppilo
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Latin oppilatio
  4. 4 Wiktionary, English oppilation
  5. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1587, Peter Levens: “If you vse to drinke the iuyce of Chiccorie,…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*peilāWiktionary, Latin pilo‘pillar’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*peilāōWiktionary, Latin pilo‘to make like a pillar’reconstructedderived within Proto-Italic
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpīlōWiktionary, Latin oppilo‘to ram down or fix firmly’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoppīlōWiktionary, Latin oppilatio‘to block’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoppilatioWiktionary, English oppilation‘obstruction, occlusion’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1587oppilationWiktionary, English oppilation. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1587, Peter Levens: “If you vse to drinke the iuyce of Chiccorie,…”

The story

Latin oppilatio: compare French opilation.

Full etymology on Wiktionary

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *peilā ‘pillar’

pillar, 1 more

through Latin pīlō ‘to ram down or fix firmly’

peel, pill, plush, compiler, compile, compilation, 3 more

Today it means

noun a stopping by redundant matter, i.e. an obstruction in organs, particularly in the lower intestines.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “oppilation”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin pilo, Latin oppilo, Latin oppilatio. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *peilā / oppilation

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