Latin
fīlum
‘thread’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin fīlum.
52 English words in this record descend from Latin fīlum, most familiar first.
- file ← fil
- annihilation ← annihilātiō ← annihilō ← nihil ← hīlum
- filament ← fīlāmentum ← fīlō
- fillet ← filet ← filet ← fil
- annihilate ← annihilātus ← annihilō ← nihil ← hīlum
- nihilism ← nihilisme ← Nihilismus ← nihil ← nihilum
- defile ← défiler ← filer ← filo
- nihilist ← nihil ← hīlum
- filamentous ← filament ← fīlāmentum ← fīlō
- nihil ← hīlum
- monofilament ← filament ← fīlāmentum ← fīlō
- filiform
More words from fīlum
- hilum
- filamentary
- neurofilament
- filamentation
- filum
- multifilament
- filar
- filaria
- annihilable
- biofilament
- cofilament
- ficelle
- filasse
- fileteado
- filose
- filamentless
- filamentlike
- filiferous
- filanders
- filaceous
- filamental
- fierasfer
- heterofilament
- homofilament
- interfilament
- macrofilament
- melanofilament
- microfilament
- myofilament
- nanofilament
- nihilate
- nihilation
- nihility
- nichil
- nonfilament
- polyfilament
- protofilament
- purfle
- superfilament
- tonofilament
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Etymograph / Latin fīlum