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Where does “microfilamento” come from?

microfilamento (Italian) comes from Italian filamento, from Medieval Latin filamentum, from Late Latin filo, from Latin fīlum, from Proto-Italic fī(s)lom, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-.

microfilamento (Italian): microfilament

Definitions

  1. microfilament

Ancestry of “microfilamento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfilamentofilament
2Medieval Latinfilamentum—
3Late Latinfiloto spin, draw out in a long line; dative singular...
4Latinfīlum—
5Proto-Italicfī(s)lom—
6Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷʰiH-(s-)lo-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- →