English

tarfile

From tar + file.

A compound of tar + file

Proto-Indo-European *dór

Proto-Germanic *terwą

Proto-West Germanic *teru ‘tar, resin’

Old English teoru ‘tar, resin’

Middle English ter ‘Tar or a similar substance’

English tar

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 Synonym of tarball.

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