English

filestream

From file + stream.

A compound of file + stream

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

Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom

Latin fīlum ‘thread’

Old French fil ‘thread’

English file

Proto-Indo-European *srew- ‘to flow’

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Proto-Germanic *straumaz

Proto-West Germanic *straum

Old English strēam

Middle English streem

Today it means

noun A data stream providing access to the contents of a file.

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

Etymograph / filestream