Etymograph

English

filasse

Filasse comes from French filasse ‘tow, oakum, hards’, from fil ‘yarn, thread, wire’, and ultimately from 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 CEfīlum‘thread, string, filament, fiber’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400fil‘thread’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘yarn, thread, wire’
  6. French, derivedc. 1600–presentfilasse‘tow, oakum, hards’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

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 CEfīlum‘thread, string, filament, fiber’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400fil‘thread’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘yarn, thread, wire’
  6. French, derivedc. 1600–presentfilasse‘tow, oakum, hards’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom

filamentous, 40 more

through Latin fīlum ‘thread, string, filament, fiber’

annihilation, annihilate, nihilism, filament, defile, nihilist, nihil, 42 more

through Old French fil ‘thread’

file, fillet

Today it means

noun Vegetable fiber, such as jute or ramie, prepared for manufacture.

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

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

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