English

filegroup

From file + group.

A compound of file + group

Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- ‘sinew’

Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom

Latin fīlum ‘thread’

Old French fil ‘thread’

English file

Vulgar Latin *cruppus

Italian gruppo ‘a knot, heap, group’

French groupe ‘cluster, group’

English group

Today it means

noun A collection of files that, in some database systems, are managed together as a group.

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Etymograph / filegroup