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Where does “filet” come from?

filet (French) comes from Middle French filet, from Old French filet, 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.

filet (French): trickle, drizzle , wisp; fillet, filet; frenum

Definitions

  1. trickle, drizzle , wisp; fillet, filet; frenum

Ancestry of “filet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchfilet—
2Old Frenchfiletstrip, thread, ligament or filament
3Old Frenchfilson; thread
4Latinfīlius—
5Old Latinfīlios—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁y-li-ossucker
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse

Words derived from “filet”

  • filet mignon
  • филе
  • faux-filet
  • entrefilet
  • petit filet
  • Filet
  • フィレ
  • ヒレ
  • filet
  • filet
  • filetere
  • filet
  • filet
  • filetere
  • phi lê
  • fileu
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