Where does “filigrana” come from?

filigrana (Spanish) comes from Italian filigrana, from Latin grānum, from Proto-Italic grānom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.

filigrana (Spanish): filigree; watermark

Definitions

  1. filigree; watermark

Ancestry of “filigrana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfiligranafiligree; watermark
2Latingrānumgrain, seed, small kernel
3Proto-Italicgrānomgrain
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nómgrain
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nósmatured, grown old
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature

Words derived from “filigrana”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm →