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Where does “filtrare” come from?

filtrare (Italian) comes from Italian filtro, from Latin philtrum, from Ancient Greek φίλτρον, from Ancient Greek φιλέω, from Ancient Greek ἀτέλεια, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥- — together, one.

filtrare (Italian): to filter, screen, strain

Definitions

  1. to filter, screen, strain

Ancestry of “filtrare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfiltrofilter; potion, especially a love potion;...
2Latinphiltrumlove potion, philter
3Ancient Greekφίλτρονa love-charm, spell to produce love, whether a...
4Ancient GreekφιλέωI love, like, regard highly; I treat kindly,...
5Ancient Greekἀτέλεια—
6Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
7Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
8Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
9Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “filtrare”

  • ultrafiltrazione
  • filtrazione
  • iperfiltrazione
  • microfiltrazione
  • nanofiltrazione
  • filtraggio
  • filtrabile
  • filtrabilità
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