English
filiferous
Filiferous comes from Latin filum ‘a thread’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- ‘sinew’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-‘sinew’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fī(s)lomreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfilum‘a thread’
- Englishearliest quotation 1845filiferous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-‘sinew’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fī(s)lomreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfilum‘a thread’
- Englishearliest quotation 1845filiferous
Earliest quotation: 1845, William Benjamin Carpenter, Zoology: being a systematic account of the general structure: “Like the Polypes , they capture their prey by…”
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom
through Latin filum ‘a thread’
file, annihilation, filament, annihilate, fillet, nihilism, nihilist, nihil, 43 more
Today it means
adj Producing or constituting threads.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- / filiferous