Etymology

filasse

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Today it means: Vegetable fiber, such as jute or ramie, prepared for manufacture. Full definition →

French filasse
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The story

  1. Frenchfil
  2. Frenchfilasse
  3. English todayfilasse

Borrowed from French filasse.

Words from the same roots

Frenchfilasse all →

filacer

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