English
filamin
From filament + -in.
A compound of filament + -in
Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-
Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom
Latin fīlum ‘thread’
Late Latin fīlō ‘to spin, draw out in a long line’
Medieval Latin fīlāmentum
English filament
Today it means
noun Any of a class of proteins that bind actin filaments and anchor membrane proteins.
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Etymograph / filamin