Where does “file” come from?
file (Irish) comes from Old Irish fili, from Primitive Irish ᚃᚓᚂᚔᚈᚐᚄ, from Proto-Celtic weless, from Proto-Celtic weleti, from English Wellesley, from English Wells, from English -ville, from French ville — year.
file (Irish): poet
Ancestry of “file”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Irish | fili | poet, seer |
| 2 | Primitive Irish | ᚃᚓᚂᚔᚈᚐᚄ | poet |
| 3 | Proto-Celtic | weless | seer; poet |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | weleti | to see |
| 5 | English | Wellesley | — |
| 6 | English | Wells | — |
| 7 | English | -ville | Used to form a name of an inhabited place, a town... |
| 8 | French | ville | town, city |
| 9 | Middle French | ville | city or town |
| 10 | Old French | ville | city or town |
| 11 | Latin | vīlla | — |
| 12 | Latin | vetera | the old; old times, ancient times, antiquity |
| 13 | Latin | vetus | old, aged, elderly, ancient; long-standing;... |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | wetos | year |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | wétos | year |
Words derived from “file”