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; queue , line; rank
Definitions
- line, row, rank, file; queue , line; rank
Ancestry of “fila”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | filé | past participle of filer; simple or twisted... |
| 2 | French | filer | to spin; to thread through; to spin a thread |
| 3 | Latin | fīlāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | fīlum | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | fī(s)lom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- | — |
Words derived from “fila”