English
homofilament
Homofilament comes from Latin fīlum ‘thread, string, filament, fiber’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fī(s)lomreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfīlum‘thread, string, filament, fiber’
- Late Latinmodernfīlō
- Medieval Latinmodernfīlāmentum
- English1500–presentfilament
- Englishtodayhomofilament
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fī(s)lomreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfīlum‘thread, string, filament, fiber’
- Late Latinmodernfīlō
- Medieval Latinmodernfīlāmentum
- English1500–presentfilament
- Englishtodayhomofilament
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom
through Latin fīlum ‘thread, string, filament, fiber’
file, annihilation, fillet, annihilate, nihilism, nihilist, nihil, 43 more
through English filament
Today it means
noun A variation of a heterofilament in which the material in the sheath and core are the same
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- / homofilament