The story
- Old French · derived fromfilatiere
- English todayphilatory
From Old French filatiere, philatiere. See phylactery.
Words from the same roots
Old Frenchfilatiere all →
phylacter
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
philatory
Today it means: A kind of transparent reliquary with an ornamental top, designed to exhibit bones. Full definition →
Old French filatiere