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hilo

(Anglais)

hilar

  1. to spin (as with thread)
  2. to string together, put together (words, to make coherent sentences)

Fréquence

C1
Coupé comme
hi‧lo
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈilo/
Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

From Old Spanish filo, from Latin fīlum. Doublet of filo. Although both were inherited, it is not fully certain why the two diverged and why filo, preserving the initial -f- from Old Spanish, took on the sense of “edge”, while hilo maintained that of “string, thread” (in line with the original Latin meaning). Cognate with English file.

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