filaria

English

noun

Definitions

Any of the parasitic nematode worms of superfamily Filarioidea that live in the blood of vertebrates and is transmitted by insects: the cause of filariasis.

Etymology

Derived from Latin filum (thread, a thread).

Origin

Latin

filum

Gloss

thread, a thread

Concept

Semantic Field

Clothing and grooming

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

`Kanji`

糸

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

antifilarial English
filanders English
filar English
filarial English
filariasis English
filariform English
file English
filoplume English
microfilaremia English
microfilaria English
microfilarial English
microfilaridermia English
pseudofilaria English
filare Latin
filicornis Latin
filum Latin
filāre Latin
pro Latin
fil French
fileteado Spanish, Castilian
*gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- Proto-Indo-European
fil Old French
fill Albanian