Etymograph

English

multifilament

Multifilament comes from Latin fīlum ‘thread, string, filament, fiber’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fī(s)lomreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfīlum‘thread, string, filament, fiber’
  4. Late Latinmodernfīlō
  5. Medieval Latinmodernfīlāmentum
  6. English1500–presentfilament
  7. Englishtodaymultifilament

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fī(s)lomreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfīlum‘thread, string, filament, fiber’
  4. Late Latinmodernfīlō
  5. Medieval Latinmodernfīlāmentum
  6. English1500–presentfilament
  7. Englishtodaymultifilament

A compound of multi- + filament

Latin multus ‘much’

Latin multī

English multi-

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

defile, 41 more

through Latin fīlum ‘thread, string, filament, fiber’

file, annihilation, fillet, annihilate, nihilism, nihilist, nihil, 43 more

through English filament

filamentous, 22 more

Today it means

adj Having multiple filaments

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- / multifilament

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