Etymology of the English word filter
the English word
filterderived from the Old French word
filtrederived from the Medieval Latin word
filtrum (filter)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*pel-Date
The earliest known usage of filter in English dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in English
filterable,
ultrafilter,
filtered,
filteringCognates
Dutch
filter, French
filtre, German
Filter, Italian
filtro, Lithuanian
filtras, Norwegian
filter, Polish
filtr, Russian
фильтp, Swedish
filterUsage
Word found in Modern English
