English
filiform
Filiform comes from Latin filum ‘filament’, 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‘filament’
- Englishtodayfiliform
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‘filament’
- Englishtodayfiliform
Formed from -iform
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom
through Latin filum ‘filament’
file, annihilation, filament, annihilate, fillet, nihilism, nihilist, nihil, 43 more
Today it means
adj Shaped like or resembling a thread or filament; filamentous.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- / filiform