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Where does “fil” come from?

fil (French) comes from Old French fil, from Latin fīlius, from Old Latin fīlios, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁y-li-os, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.

fil (French): yarn, thread, wire; grain; edge

Definitions

  1. yarn, thread, wire; grain; edge

Ancestry of “fil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfilson; thread
2Latinfīlius—
3Old Latinfīlios—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁y-li-ossucker
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse

Words derived from “fil”

  • file
  • filing
  • filename
  • fils
  • filer
  • datafile
  • filegroup
  • infile
  • logfile
  • shapefile
  • refile
  • metafile
  • filetype
  • prefiling
  • multifile
  • fileserver
  • Filegate
  • backfile
  • helpfile
  • subfile
  • filefish
  • tarfile
  • filestore
  • misfile
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