Etymology

superfilament

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Today it means: A very large (solar) filament Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-
  8. Proto-Italic*fī(s)lom
  9. Latinfīlum
  10. Late Latinfīlō
  11. Medieval Latinfīlāmentum
  12. Englishfilament
  13. English todaysuperfilament

From super- + filament.

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