Etymology Explorer › Spanish

Where does “desfilar” come from?

desfilar (Spanish) comes 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-.

desfilar (Spanish): to parade

Definitions

  1. to parade

Ancestry of “desfilar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishfilaline, row, rank, file; queue , line; rank
2Frenchfilépast participle of filer; simple or twisted...
3Frenchfilerto spin; to thread through; to spin a thread
4Latinfīlāre—
5Latinfīlum—
6Proto-Italicfī(s)lom—
7Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷʰiH-(s-)lo-—

Words derived from “desfilar”

  • desfiladero
  • desfile
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- →