Where does “filtering” come from?
Filtering comes from English filter, derived from Middle English filtre, Medieval Latin filtrum, Frankish filtir, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European pilto and pelh₂-.
filtering (English): present participle of filter; The process of...
Definitions
- present participle of filter; The process of...
Ancestry of “filtering”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | filter | A device which separates a suspended, dissolved,... |
| 2 | German | filter | inflection of filtern: ## first-person singular... |
| 3 | French | filtré | past participle of filtrer; filtered |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | filtrum | felt |
| 5 | Frankish | filtir | — |
| 6 | Frankish | *felt | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *felt | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | peld- | something beaten or compressed; felt |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |