Where does “filet” come from?
filet (Old French) comes from Old French fil, from Latin fīlius, from Old Latin fīlios, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁y-li-os, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.
filet (Old French): strip, thread, ligament or filament
Definitions
- strip, thread, ligament or filament
Ancestry of “filet”, step by step