Etymograph

English

filé

Filé comes from French filé ‘threaded’.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentfilé‘threaded’
  2. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentfilé‘threaded’
  2. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through French filé ‘threaded’

file

Today it means

noun A spicy herb made from the dried and ground leaves of the North American sassafras tree (Sassafras albidum) and used in Louisiana Creole cooking.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / French filé / filé

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