Where does “oxfilé” come from?
oxfilé (Swedish) comes from Swedish filé, from French filet, from Middle French filet, from Old French filet, from Old French fil, from Latin fīlius, from Old Latin fīlios, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁y-li-os — to suckle, nurse.
oxfilé (Swedish): beef tenderloin, fillet of beef
Definitions
- beef tenderloin, fillet of beef
Ancestry of “oxfilé”, step by step
oxfilé traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish filé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | filé | a fillet (boneless strip or compact piece of meat or fish), tenderloin (when of beef or pork) |
| 2 | French | filet | trickle, drizzle (of liquid etc.), wisp (of smoke) |
| 3 | Middle French | filet | — |
| 4 | Old French | filet | strip, thread, ligament or filament |
| 5 | Old French | fil | son; thread |
| 6 | Latin | fīlius | a son |
| 7 | Old Latin | fīlios | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁y-li-os | sucker |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁(y)- | to suckle, nurse |