English

fileset

From file + set.

A compound of file + set

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

Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom

Latin fīlum ‘thread’

Old French fil ‘thread’

English file

Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’

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Proto-Germanic *satjaną ‘to set’

Proto-West Germanic *sattjan ‘to set’

Old English settan ‘to set’

Middle English setten ‘to seat’

English set

Today it means

noun A set or group of computer files that are related

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