Where does “Filaria” come from?

Filaria (Translingual) comes from Latin fīlum, from Proto-Italic fī(s)lom, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-.

Filaria (Translingual): genus

Definitions

  1. genus

Ancestry of “Filaria”, step by step

Filaria traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin fīlum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfīlumthread, string, filament, fiber
2Proto-Italicfī(s)lom
3Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷʰiH-(s-)lo-

via Translingual filum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Translingualfilum

Words derived from “Filaria

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