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Where does “filamento” come from?

filamento (Portuguese) comes from Medieval Latin filamentum, from Late Latin filo, from Latin fīlum, from Proto-Italic fī(s)lom, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-.

filamento (Portuguese): filament

Definitions

  1. filament

Ancestry of “filamento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinfilamentum—
2Late Latinfiloto spin, draw out in a long line; dative singular...
3Latinfīlum—
4Proto-Italicfī(s)lom—
5Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷʰiH-(s-)lo-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- →