The story
- Latin · derived frompīla“pillar”
- Old Occitan · derived fromespilori
- Old French · derived frompilori
- Middle English · inherited frompilory
- English todaypillory
From Middle English pilory, pillorie, from Old French pilori, pellori, which is either from Old Occitan espilori or Latin pīla (“pillar”).
Words from the same roots
Latinpīla all →
pillpillarpilespelletpelotonpila
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.