Etymology

minifilament

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Today it means: A very small, or very thin, filament Full definition →

English filament ← Medieval Latin fīlāmentum ← Late Latin fīlō
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  1. LatinMinius
  2. Latinminium
  3. Italianminio
  4. Italianminiare
  5. Italianminiatura
  6. Englishminiature
  7. Englishmini-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-
  9. Proto-Italic*fī(s)lom
  10. Latinfīlum
  11. Late Latinfīlō
  12. Medieval Latinfīlāmentum
  13. Englishfilament
  14. English todayminifilament

From mini- + filament.

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