Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA collection of papers collated and archived together. · A roll or list. · A course of thought; a thread of narration. · An aggregation of data on a storage device, identified by a name.
From Old French fil (“thread”), from Latin fīlum (“thread”). Doublet of filum.
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