The story
- Latin · derived fromfilum“thread”
- Spanish · borrowed fromfileteado
- English todayfileteado
From Spanish fileteado, ultimately from Latin filum (“thread”), referring to fine painted lines.
Words from the same roots
Latinfilum all →
filefilamentfilletfiligreedefilefiliformfierasferfilaceousfilacerfilandersfilarfilariafiliferousfiloplumefilosefilum
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.