Etymograph

English

fileworthy

From file + -worthy.

Formed from file + -worthy

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

Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom

Latin fīlum ‘thread’

Old French fil ‘thread’

English file

Today it means

adj Worth being filed or kept on file.

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

Etymograph / fileworthy