píldora

/ˈpildoɾa/ · B1 · noun · f

pill

píldora — pill

💊 From Latin pilula, little ball, the same root as English pill

Say píl- and you already have pill. The -dora ending came from an old Spanish reshaping of pilula, so píldora is simply pill plus a few extra letters at the end.

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