Where does “filigrana” come from?
filigrana (Portuguese) comes from Italian filigrana, from Latin grānum, from Proto-Italic grānom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.
filigrana (Portuguese): filigree; watermark
Ancestry of “filigrana”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | filigrana | filigree; watermark |
| 2 | Latin | grānum | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | grānom | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵr̥h₂nóm | grain |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵr̥h₂nós | matured, grown old |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵerh₂- | to grow old, to mature |