Etymology

filamentously

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Today it means: In a filamentous manner Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English filamentous
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-
  2. Proto-Italic*fī(s)lom
  3. Latinfīlum
  4. Late Latinfīlō
  5. Medieval Latinfīlāmentum
  6. Englishfilament
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  9. Englishfilamentous
  10. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  11. Proto-Germanic*līką
  12. English todayfilamentously

From filamentous + -ly.

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