English
hypofilamentous
From hypo- + filamentous.
A compound of hypo- + filament + -ous + filamentous
Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-
Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom
Latin fīlum ‘thread, string, filament, fiber’
Late Latin fīlō
Medieval Latin fīlāmentum
English filament
Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-
Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom
Latin fīlum ‘thread, string, filament, fiber’
Late Latin fīlō
Medieval Latin fīlāmentum
English filament
English filamentous
Today it means
adj Less filamentous than normal
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hypofilamentous