Etymology of the English word filamentous
the English word
filamentoususing the English suffix
-ousderived from the Latin suffix
-osusderived from the English word
filamentderived from the Latin word
filamentum (thin fibre)
derived from the Latin word
filarederived from the Latin word
filum (thread; thread, string, filament)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷhi-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷhī-Usage
Word found in Modern English