English Explanatory Dictionary

filamentous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having the form of threads or filaments; filamented.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

filamentous more filamentous most filamentous

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.

Derived words

filamentously granulofilamentous hyperfilamentous hypofilamentous interfilamentous microfilamentous monofilamentous multifilamentous myofilamentous neurofilamentous nonfilamentous profilamentous pseudofilamentous tubulofilamentous unfilamentous
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