Meanings
adjectivemonofilamentous (not comparable)
- not comparableComposed of monofilaments
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*men-
- Proto-Hellenic*mónwos
- Ancient Greekμόνος (mónos)
- Ancient Greekμονο- (mono-)
- Englishmono-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-
- Proto-Italic*fī(s)lom
- Latinfīlum
- Late Latinfīlō
- Medieval Latinfīlāmentum
- Englishfilament
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
- Englishfilamentous
- Englishmonofilamentous
From mono- + filamentous.
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