English
filterlike
From filter + -like.
Formed from filter + -like
Proto-Indo-European *pel-
Proto-Germanic *fellą ‘skin, hide’
Proto-West Germanic *felt
Medieval Latin filtrum ‘felt’
Middle English filtre
English filter
Today it means
adj Resembling or characteristic of a filter.
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Etymograph / filterlike