The storyLatin · derived fromfilum“a thread”English todayfiloplumaFrom Latin filum (“a thread”) + pluma (“a soft feather”).Words from the same rootsLatinfilum all →filefilamentfilletfiligreedefilefiliformfierasferfilaceousfilacerfilandersfilarfilariafileteadofiliferousfiloplumefilosefilumEtymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.