affiler
French
verb
Definitions
- to sharpen (to make sharp)
Etymology
Derived from Latin *affilāre, fīlum (thread).
Origin
Latin
fīlum
Gloss
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
- affile English
- filum English
- *affilāre Latin
- *infīlāre Latin
- *infīlō Latin
- *refilare Latin
- filāre Latin
- fīlum Latin
- fīlāre Latin
- fīlāre, filo Latin
- fīlō Latin
- affilamento Italian
- affilare Italian
- affilatoio Italian
- affilatura Italian
- filo Italian
- raffilare Italian
- riaffilare Italian
- affilage French
- affileur French
- affiloir French
- afilador Spanish, Castilian
- afilar Spanish, Castilian
- filo Spanish, Castilian
- *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- Proto-Indo-European
- afiado Portuguese
- afiar Portuguese
- afilar Portuguese
- fio Portuguese
- *flag- Proto-Germanic
- affilen Middle English
- fil Old French
- fil Catalan, Valencian
- fir Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- filet Middle French
- fio Old Portuguese
- hir Aromanian
- filu Asturian
- fîl Friulian
- filo Old Spanish
- fil Dalmatian