filacer

The story

1. Latin · derived fromfīlum“thread”
2. French · derived fromfilasse“tow of flax or hemp”
3. Old English · derived fromfilace“a file or thread on which the records of the courts of justice were strung”
4. English todayfilacer

From Old English filace (“a file or thread on which the records of the courts of justice were strung”), from French filasse (“tow of flax or hemp”), from Latin fīlum (“thread”).

Words from the same roots