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Where does “filtrar” come from?

filtrar (Catalan) comes from Catalan filtre, from Latin philtrum, from Ancient Greek φίλτρον, from Ancient Greek φιλέω, from Ancient Greek ἀτέλεια, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥- — together, one.

filtrar (Catalan): to filter; to leak

Definitions

  1. to filter; to leak

Ancestry of “filtrar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanfiltrefilter
2Latinphiltrumlove potion, philter
3Ancient Greekφίλτρονa love-charm, spell to produce love, whether a...
4Ancient GreekφιλέωI love, like, regard highly; I treat kindly,...
5Ancient Greekἀτέλεια—
6Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
7Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
8Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
9Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
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