Etymology

filaria

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Today it means: Any of the parasitic nematode worms of superfamily Filarioidea that lives in the blood of vertebrates and is transmitted by insects: the cause of filariasis. Full definition →

translingual Filaria ← Latin filum
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  1. Latin · derived fromfilum“thread”
  2. translingual · borrowed fromFilaria
  3. English todayfilaria

19th century, from translingual Filaria (name of type genus), from Latin filum (“thread”).

Words from the same roots

Latinfilum all →

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