English
filose
Filose 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’
- Englishtodayfilose
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’
- Englishtodayfilose
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom
through Latin filum ‘a thread’
file, annihilation, annihilate, filament, nihilism, fillet, nihilist, nihil, 43 more
Today it means
adj Terminating in a thread-like process, or threadlike
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- / filose