Etymology

intrafilamentary

Today it means: Within a filament Full definition →

English filamentary ← Medieval Latin fīlāmentum ← Late Latin fīlō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁énteros
  3. Latin*interus
  4. Latinintrā
  5. Englishintra-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-
  7. Proto-Italic*fī(s)lom
  8. Latinfīlum
  9. Late Latinfīlō
  10. Medieval Latinfīlāmentum
  11. Englishfilament
  12. Englishfilamentary
  13. English todayintrafilamentary

From intra- + filamentary.

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