English Explanatory Dictionary

filamentation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The growth of filaments.
  2. An anomalous growth of certain bacteria in which they continue to elongate but do not divide.

Word forms

filamentation filamentations

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 *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English filamentation From filament + -ation.

Derived words

defilamentation hyperfilamentation pseudofilamentation
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