Where does “filiferous” come from?

filiferous (English) comes from Latin fīlum, from Proto-Italic fī(s)lom, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-.

filiferous (English): Producing threads

Definitions

  1. Producing threads

Ancestry of “filiferous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfīlumthread, string, filament, fiber
2Proto-Italicfī(s)lom—
3Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷʰiH-(s-)lo-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- →Every word from Proto-Italic fī(s)lom →Every word from Latin fīlum →