Etymograph

English

myofilament

Myofilament 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. Englishtodaymyofilament

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. Englishtodaymyofilament

A compound of myo- + filament

Proto-Indo-European *múHs ‘mouse’

Proto-Hellenic *mū́s

Ancient Greek μῦς ‘mouse’

English myo-

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

noun A filament within a myofibril, constructed from proteins

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

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

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