English
macrofilament
Macrofilament 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
- Englishtodaymacrofilament
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
- Englishtodaymacrofilament
A compound of macro- + filament
Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‘to increase’
Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós ‘lean, meager’
Proto-Hellenic *makrós
Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’
English macro-
Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-
Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom
Latin fīlum ‘thread’
Late Latin fīlō ‘to spin, draw out in a long line’
Medieval Latin fīlāmentum
English filament
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 relatively large filament
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- / macrofilament