English
filopodium
Filopodium comes from English filum ‘thread’.
- English1500–presentfilum‘thread’
- Englishtodayfilopodium
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presentfilum‘thread’
- Englishtodayfilopodium
A compound of filum ‘thread’ + -podium ‘leg-like structure’
Every English word from English filum
Today it means
noun A slender cytoplasmic projection which extends from the leading edge of a migrating cell
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English filum / filopodium