English

logfile

From log + file.

A compound of log + file

Middle English logge ‘large long stick’

English log

Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- ‘sinew’

Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom

Latin fīlum ‘thread’

Old French fil ‘thread’

English file

Today it means

noun A file that serves as a log.

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