Etymology

filanders

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Today it means: A disease in hawks, characterized by the presence of small thread-like worms (probably Capillaria), and of filaments of coagulated blood, stemming from the rupture of a vein. Full definition →

French filandres ← Latin filum
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  1. Latin · derived fromfilum“thread”
  2. French · derived fromfilandres
  3. English todayfilanders

French filandres, from Latin filum (“thread”).

Words from the same roots

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