The story
- Latin · derived frompilus“hair”
- English todaypiligerous
From Latin pilus (“hair”) + -gerous. Compare French piligère.
Words from the same roots
Latinpilus all →
pilepiluspilonidalepilatepileouspiliferouspiliformpili tortipilo-pilocyte
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.