Where does “filtro” come from?
filtro (Italian) comes 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-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
filtro (Italian): filter; potion, especially a love potion;...
Definitions
- filter; potion, especially a love potion;...
Ancestry of “filtro”, step by step
filtro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin philtrum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | philtrum | love potion, philter |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | φίλτρον | a love-charm, spell to produce love, whether a... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | φιλέω | I love, like, regard highly; I treat kindly,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀτέλεια | exemption from public burdens, immunity |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
via French filtré
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | filtré | past participle of filtrer; filtered |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | filtrum | felt |
| 3 | Frankish | filtir | — |
| 4 | Frankish | *felt | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *felt | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | peld- | something beaten or compressed; felt |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |