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Where does “fios” come from?

fios (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese fio, from Old Portuguese fio, from Latin fīlum, from Proto-Italic fī(s)lom, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-.

fios (Portuguese): plural of fio

Definitions

  1. plural of fio

Ancestry of “fios”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesefiothread; string; chain
2Old Portuguesefio—
3Latinfīlum—
4Proto-Italicfī(s)lom—
5Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷʰiH-(s-)lo-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- →