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filamentous

adj

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-der. Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom Latin fīlum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin fīlō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-məntom Latin -mentum Medieval Latin fīlāmentumbor. English filament Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der. Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English filamentous From filament + -ous.

  1. derived from -ous English -ous English filamentous From filament + -ous
  2. derived from -ōsus Old French -usbor
  3. derived from filament Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der
  4. derived from fīlum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin fīlō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-məntom Latin -mentum Medieval Latin fīlāmentumbor

Definitions

  1. Having the form of threads or filaments

    Having the form of threads or filaments; filamented.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for filamentous. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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