Where does “purfle” come from?

purfle (English) comes from Old French porfiler, from Latin fīlum, from Proto-Italic fī(s)lom, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-.

purfle (English): An ornamental border on clothing, furniture or a...

Definitions

  1. An ornamental border on clothing, furniture or a...

Ancestry of “purfle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchporfiler—
2Latinfīlumthread, string, filament, fiber
3Proto-Italicfī(s)lom—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷʰiH-(s-)lo-—

Words derived from “purfle”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- →Every word from Proto-Italic fī(s)lom →Every word from Latin fīlum →