biofilament

B3I1O1F4I1L1A1M3E1N1T1

noun

A biological filament

OriginEnglish filament ← Medieval Latin fīlāmentum ← Late Latin fīlō →
Scrabble 18
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounbiofilament (plural biofilaments)

plural biofilaments

  1. A biological filament

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-
  6. Proto-Italic*fī(s)lom
  7. Latinfīlum
  8. Late Latinfīlō
  9. Medieval Latinfīlāmentum
  10. Englishfilament
  11. Englishbiofilament

From bio- + filament.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

biofilament. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biofilament

MLA

“biofilament.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biofilament. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “biofilament,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biofilament.

Source: biofilament on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.