Etymograph

English

fileteado

Fileteado comes from Spanish fileteado, from Latin filum ‘thread’, 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 CEfilum‘thread’
  4. Spanishc. 1500–presentfileteado
  5. 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 CEfilum‘thread’
  4. Spanishc. 1500–presentfileteado
  5. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom

filamentous, 41 more

through Latin filum ‘thread’

annihilation, filament, annihilate, nihilism, fillet, nihilist, defile, nihil, 43 more

Today it means

noun A type of artistic drawing and lettering, incorporating brightly coloured stylised lines, flowers and climbing plants, particularly associated with the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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

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

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