English

filtermat

From filter + mat.

A compound of filter + mat

Proto-Indo-European *pel-

Proto-Germanic *fellą ‘skin, hide’

Proto-West Germanic *felt

Medieval Latin filtrum ‘felt’

Middle English filtre

Late Latin matta ‘mat made of rushes’

Old English meatte

Middle English matte

English mat

Today it means

noun A mat of material used as a filter

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / filtermat