## Meanings
1. A small, usually round piece of medicine that you swallow.
2. A pill that a woman takes regularly to avoid becoming pregnant.
3. Of a fabric or sweater, to form small balls of fluff on its surface.

## Examples
- The doctor told her to take one pill every morning.
- She decided to go on the pill before leaving for university.
- This cheap jumper started to pill after just one wash.

## Synonyms
- tablet

## Derived Forms
- antipill
- black-pill
- blue-pill
- dogpill
- minipill
- nanopill
- pill-box
- pill-popper
- pillbox
- pillbug
- pillhead
- pillmaker

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *pill
- Root: pyll
- Root: *pullijaz
- Root: *pullaz
- Root: *bl̥nos

## Etymology
From Middle English *pill, *pyll, from Old English pyll (“a pool, pill”), from Proto-Germanic *pullijaz (“small pool, ditch, creek”), diminutive of Proto-Germanic *pullaz (“pool, stream”), from Proto-Indo-European *bl̥nos (“bog, marsh”). Cognate with Old English pull (“pool, creek”), Scots poll (“slow moving stream, creek, inlet”), Icelandic pollur (“pond, pool, puddle”). More at pool.

## AI Etymology
Pill comes from Middle English *pill, *pyll, from Old English pyll (“a pool, pill”), from Proto-Germanic *pullijaz (“small pool, ditch, creek”), diminutive of Proto-Germanic *pullaz (“pool, stream”), from Proto-Indo-European *bl̥nos (“bog, marsh”). Cognate with Old English pull (“pool, creek”), Scots poll (“slow moving stream, creek, inlet”), Icelandic pollur (“pond, pool, puddle”). More at pool. In present-day English it covers a small, usually round piece of medicine that you swallow, a pill that a woman takes regularly to avoid becoming pregnant, and of a fabric or sweater, to form small balls of fluff on its surface. The wider family includes derived forms such as antipill, black-pill, blue-pill, dogpill, minipill.

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