Etymograph

English

filepath

From file + path.

A compound of file + path

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

Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom

Latin fīlum ‘thread’

Old French fil ‘thread’

English file

Proto-Germanic *paþaz ‘path’

Proto-West Germanic *paþ ‘path’

Old English pæþ ‘path’

Middle English path

English path

Today it means

noun The location of a file in a directory structure. Also known as the path of a file. A path can be absolute or relative.

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

Etymograph / filepath