Where does “fila” come from?

fila (Spanish) comes 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-.

fila (Spanish): line, row, rank, file

Definitions

  1. line, row, rank, file

Ancestry of “fila”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfilépast participle of filer; simple or twisted...
2Frenchfilerto spin; to thread through; to spin a thread
3Latinfīlāre—
4Latinfīlumthread, string, filament, fiber
5Proto-Italicfī(s)lom—
6Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷʰiH-(s-)lo-—

Words derived from “fila”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- →Every word from Proto-Italic fī(s)lom →Every word from Latin fīlum →
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