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pila
Latin · ancient
"a pillar"
a pillar, a pier
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Stage 2 of 3
pilastro
Italian · 1500s
"a rectangular column set into a wall"
settled in Italian for a rectangular column projecting from a wall
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pilaster
English · 1570s
"a rectangular column projecting slightly from a wall"
adopted directly for the decorative flattened column
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