Where does “filed” come from?

filed (Volapük) comes from Volapük fil — fire.

filed (Volapük): fire

Definitions

  1. fire

Ancestry of “filed”, step by step

filed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Volapük fil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Volapükfilfire

via Volapük ed

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Volapükedand
Every word from Volapük fil
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