Where does “hilo” come from?

hilo (Kapampangan) comes from Spanish hilo, from Old Spanish filo, from Latin filum, from Proto-Italic fī(s)lom, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-.

hilo (Kapampangan): thread; silk; twine; filament; poison; venom

Definitions

  1. thread; silk; twine; filament; poison; venom

Ancestry of “hilo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishhilothread, yarn, string; linen; edge of something...
2Old Spanishfilo
3Latinfilumthread, string, filament, fiber; texture, style,...
4Proto-Italicfī(s)lom
5Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷʰiH-(s-)lo-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-