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Where does “filing” come from?

Filing comes from English file, derived from French fil meaning thread, from Latin filius meaning son, with the sense developing from thread to tool for smoothing surfaces.

filing (English): Any particle that has been removed by a file or...

Definitions

  1. Any particle that has been removed by a file or...

Ancestry of “filing”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishfilling stationA facility which sells fuel and lubricants for...

Words derived from “filing”

  • prefiling
  • drawfiling
  • e-filing
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