English
interfilamentary
From inter- + filamentary.
A compound of inter- + filament + -ary + filamentary
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 filamentary
Today it means
adj Between filaments
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / interfilamentary