Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

filamentous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.30 in modern English

Syllables: fil-a-men-tous
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Thin and elongated; wirelike.

adj

Having the form of threads or filaments.

adj

Having filaments; filamented; fimbriate.

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-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin fīlō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Medieval Latin fīlāmentumbor. English filament Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English filamentous From filament + -ous.

Inflected Forms

more filamentous (comparative) most filamentous (superlative)

Derived Forms

filamentously filamentousness granulofilamentous hyperfilamentous hypofilamentous interfilamentous microfilamentous monofilamentous multifilamentous myofilamentous neurofilamentous nonfilamentous

Synonyms

filiform filamentlike threadlike thready

Questions

What does filamentous mean?: Thin and elongated; wirelike.
Where does filamentous come from?: 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-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin fīlō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Medieval Latin fīlāmentumbor. English filament Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English filamentous From filament + -ous.

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