Where does “trefilar” come from?
trefilar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese fileira, from Portuguese fila, from French filé, from French filer, from Latin fīlāre, from Latin fīlum, from Proto-Italic fī(s)lom, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-.
trefilar (Portuguese): to draw
Definitions
- to draw
Ancestry of “trefilar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | fileira | file, row, line; rank |
| 2 | Portuguese | fila | queue |
| 3 | French | filé | past participle of filer; simple or twisted... |
| 4 | French | filer | to spin; to thread through; to spin a thread |
| 5 | Latin | fīlāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | fīlum | thread, string, filament, fiber |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | fī(s)lom | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- | — |