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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 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 |
Words derived from “filtro”