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Where does “filigrane” come from?

filigrane (French) comes from Italian filigrana, from Latin grānum, from Proto-Italic grānom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.

filigrane (French): watermark; filigree; first-person singular...

Definitions

  1. watermark; filigree; first-person singular...

Ancestry of “filigrane”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfiligranafiligree; watermark
2Latingrānum—
3Proto-Italicgrānom—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nómgrain
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nósmatured, grown old
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature

Words derived from “filigrane”

  • filigree
  • filigran
  • filigran
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- →