filo
Italian (Fiorentino)
noun
Definitions
- thread for sewing, etc
- yarn
- string cord
- cable, wire, flex
- blade of grass, etc
- grain of wood
- (idiomatic) threads, strands
- trickle of water
- breath of air
- wisp of smoke
- edge of blade
- ray of light
- glimmer of hope
Etymology
Inherited from Latin fīlum (thread) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- filum English
- *affilāre Latin
- *infīlāre Latin
- *infīlō Latin
- *refilare Latin
- filum Latin
- filāre Latin
- fīlum Latin
- fīlāre Latin
- fīlāre, filo Latin
- fīlō Latin
- controfilo Italian
- coprifilo Italian
- di Italian
- ferro Italian
- filaccio Italian
- filaccioso Italian
- fildiferro Italian
- fileggiare Italian
- filiforme Italian
- filone Italian
- nanofilo Italian
- tesafili Italian
- tesare Italian
- filon French
- *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo- Proto-Indo-European
- *flag- Proto-Germanic
- 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