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Where does “liftering” come from?

liftering (English) comes from English filtering, from English filter, from German filter, from French filtré, from Medieval Latin filtrum, from Frankish filtir, from Frankish *felt, from Proto-Germanic *felt — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

liftering (English): Filtering in the cepstral domain

Definitions

  1. Filtering in the cepstral domain

Ancestry of “liftering”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishfilteringpresent participle of filter; The process of...
2EnglishfilterA device which separates a suspended, dissolved,...
3Germanfilterinflection of filtern: ## first-person singular...
4Frenchfiltrépast participle of filtrer; filtered
5Medieval Latinfiltrumfelt
6Frankishfiltir—
7Frankish*felt—
8Proto-Germanic*felt—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpeld-something beaten or compressed; felt
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpelh₂-to approach
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold
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