Latin

fīlum

‘thread’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin fīlum.

52 English words in this record descend from Latin fīlum, most familiar first.

• file ← fil
• annihilation ← annihilātiō ← annihilō ← nihil ← hīlum
• filament ← fīlāmentum ← fīlō
• fillet ← filet ← filet ← fil
• annihilate ← annihilātus ← annihilō ← nihil ← hīlum
• nihilism ← nihilisme ← Nihilismus ← nihil ← nihilum
• defile ← défiler ← filer ← filo
• nihilist ← nihil ← hīlum
• filamentous ← filament ← fīlāmentum ← fīlō
• nihil ← hīlum
• monofilament ← filament ← fīlāmentum ← fīlō
• filiform

More words from fīlum

• hilum
• filamentary
• neurofilament
• filamentation
• filum
• multifilament
• filar
• filaria
• annihilable
• biofilament
• cofilament
• ficelle
• filasse
• fileteado
• filose
• filamentless
• filamentlike
• filiferous
• filanders
• filaceous
• filamental
• fierasfer
• heterofilament
• homofilament
• interfilament
• macrofilament
• melanofilament
• microfilament
• myofilament
• nanofilament
• nihilate
• nihilation
• nihility
• nichil
• nonfilament
• polyfilament
• protofilament
• purfle
• superfilament
• tonofilament

Etymograph / Latin fīlum