English
ficelle
Ficelle comes from French ficelle.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentficelle
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentficelle
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom
through Latin fīlum ‘thread, string, filament, fiber’
file, annihilation, filament, annihilate, nihilism, nihilist, fillet, nihil, 43 more
Today it means
noun A very narrow French loaf.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French ficelle / ficelle