英语词汇filigree的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	filigree
词源	filigree n. 1690s, shortening of filigreen (1660s), from French filigrane "filigree" (17c.), from Italian filigrana, from Latin filum "thread, wire" (from PIE root gwhi- "thread, tendon") + granum "grain" (from PIE root gre-no- "grain"). Related: Filigreed. Entries linking to filigree gwhi- gwhī-, Proto-Indo-European root meaning "thread, tendon." It forms all or part of: defile (n.) "narrow passage;" enfilade; filament; file (v.1) "place (papers) in consecutive order for future reference;" filigree; filipendulous; fillet; profile. It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Avestan jya- "bowstring;" Latin filum "a thread, string;" Armenian jil "sinew, string, line;" Lithuanian gysla "vein, sinew;" Old Church Slavonic zila "vein." gre-no- grə-no-, Proto-Indo-European root meaning "grain." It forms all or part of: corn (n.1); filigree; garner; garnet; grain; granary; grange; granger; granite; granular; granule; grenade; grenadine; kernel; pomegranate. It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Latin granum "seed," Old Church Slavonic zruno "grain," Lithuanian žirnis "pea," Old English corn. updated on June 14, 2017
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filigree n.