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Where does “filo” come from?

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

Ancestry of “filo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfilumthread, string, filament, fiber; texture, style,...
2Proto-Italicfī(s)lom—
3Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷʰiH-(s-)lo-—

Words derived from “filo”

  • afilador
  • enhilar
  • hilván
  • deshilar
  • hilo
  • hilvanar
  • hilacha
  • filoso
  • filo
  • subfilo
  • afilado
  • afilar
  • superfilo
  • afiladera
  • filar
  • hilera
  • hilo
  • makahilo
  • 'iilu
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