Etymology

defilamentation

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Today it means: The removal of filaments Full definition →

English filamentation ← Medieval Latin fīlāmentum ← Late Latin fīlō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-
  8. Proto-Italic*fī(s)lom
  9. Latinfīlum
  10. Late Latinfīlō
  11. Medieval Latinfīlāmentum
  12. Englishfilament
  13. Englishfilamentation
  14. English todaydefilamentation

From de- + filamentation.

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