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Where does “fileuse” come from?

fileuse (French) comes from French filer, from Latin fīlāre, from Latin fīlum, from Proto-Italic fī(s)lom, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-.

fileuse (French): female equivalent of fileur

Definitions

  1. female equivalent of fileur

Ancestry of “fileuse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfilerto spin; to thread through; to spin a thread
2Latinfīlāre—
3Latinfīlum—
4Proto-Italicfī(s)lom—
5Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷʰiH-(s-)lo-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- →