English Explanatory Dictionary

filamentary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, pertaining to, containing or resembling a filament or filaments.

Word forms

filamentary

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 *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English filamentary From filament + -ary.

Synonyms

filamental filamentar

Derived words

interfilamentary intrafilamentary multifilamentary myofilamentary nonfilamentary
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