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Where does “filare” come from?

filare (Italian) comes from Italian filo, from Latin phylum, from Ancient Greek φῦλον, from Ancient Greek φύω, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuHyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

filare (Italian): to spin; to draw; to pay out

Definitions

  1. to spin; to draw; to pay out

Ancestry of “filare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfilothread; yarn; string
2Latinphylumphylum
3Ancient Greekφῦλονa set of people or other beings; sex; nation,...
4Ancient GreekφύωTo bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;...
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuHyétito be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing
6Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
8Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “filare”

  • profile
  • profiler
  • profilometry
  • profilometer
  • immunoprofile
  • profilometric
  • profilist
  • reprofile
  • profilee
  • geoprofile
  • glycoprofile
  • semi-profile
  • thermoprofile
  • filón
  • rifilare
  • fildiferro
  • rifilatrice
  • rifilatura
  • rifilatore
  • raffilatrice
  • raffilatura
  • profilo
  • filo
  • filiforme
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