Etymograph

English

filar

Filar comes from Latin filum ‘a thread’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- ‘sinew’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-‘sinew’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fī(s)lomreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfilum‘a thread’
  4. Englishtodayfilar

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-‘sinew’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fī(s)lomreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfilum‘a thread’
  4. Englishtodayfilar

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom

defile, filamentous, 40 more

through Latin filum ‘a thread’

file, annihilation, nihilism, annihilate, fillet, filament, nihilist, nihil, 43 more

Today it means

adj Having a thread across the field of view.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- / filar