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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

  1. strip, thread, ligament or filament

Ancestry of “filet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfilson; thread
2Latinfīlius—
3Old Latinfīlios—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁y-li-ossucker
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse
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