Where does “desfiladero” come from?
desfiladero (Spanish) comes from Spanish desfilar, from Spanish 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-.
desfiladero (Spanish): gorge, defile
Ancestry of “desfiladero”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | desfilar | to parade |
| 2 | Spanish | fila | line, row, rank, file; queue , line; rank |
| 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 | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | fī(s)lom | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- | — |