English
phin
Phin comes from Vietnamese phin ‘a filter’, from Latin filtrum ‘felt’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pel-reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*fellą‘skin, hide’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*feltreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfiltrum‘felt’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfiltre‘filter’
- Vietnamesemodernphin‘a filter’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pel-reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*fellą‘skin, hide’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*feltreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfiltrum‘felt’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfiltre‘filter’
- Vietnamesemodernphin‘a filter’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pel-
film, simple, simply, push, powder, fold, pulse, complain, pillow, repeal, flaw, pollen, palate, compulsive, expel, repel, palpable, palladium, propel, palatable, pall, pelt, wallow, peloton, polemic, tuple, palatal, pollinate, apoplexy, peplum, pulver, palp, pillion, interpolate, 62 more
through Proto-Germanic *fellą ‘skin, hide’
through Proto-West Germanic *felt
through Latin filtrum ‘felt’
Today it means
noun A type of coffee filter.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pel- / phin