Where does “prefiltrare” come from?
prefiltrare (Romanian) comes from Romanian filtrare, from Romanian filtra, from French filtrer, from French filtré, from Medieval Latin filtrum, from Frankish filtir, from Frankish *felt, from Proto-Germanic *felt — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.
prefiltrare (Romanian): prefiltering
Definitions
- prefiltering
Ancestry of “prefiltrare”, step by step
prefiltrare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian filtrare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | filtrare | filtration |
| 2 | Romanian | filtra | to filter |
| 3 | French | filtrer | to filter; to leak |
| 4 | French | filtré | past participle of filtrer; filtered |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | filtrum | felt |
| 6 | Frankish | filtir | — |
| 7 | Frankish | *felt | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *felt | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | peld- | something beaten or compressed; felt |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |