Where does “sfilare” come from?
sfilare (Italian) comes from Italian infilare, 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- — he, she.
sfilare (Italian): to pull the threads from a fabric; to unstring;...
Definitions
- to pull the threads from a fabric; to unstring;...
Ancestry of “sfilare”, step by step
sfilare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian infilare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | infilare | to insert, to tuck in; to puncture; to thread |
| 2 | Italian | filo | thread; yarn; string |
| 3 | Latin | phylum | phylum |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φῦλον | a set of people or other beings; sex; nation,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φύω | To bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuHyéti | to be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |