noun, masculine/ˈfilo/plural: filos
edge, cutting edge (of the blade of an instrument); edge (sharp terminating border); hunger; fold
Inherited from Old Spanish filo, inherited from Latin fīlum. Doublet of hilo. Both were inherited, and it is not entirely clear why the two diverged in pronunciation, with filo coming to mean 'edge' and hilo maintaining the Latin sense of 'string, thread'. Perhaps the /f~h/ variation was exploited to create two words with more specialized senses. Cognate with English file.
interjection/ˈfilo/
whatever, I don't care
Inherited from Old Spanish filo, inherited from Latin fīlum. Doublet of hilo. Both were inherited, and it is not entirely clear why the two diverged in pronunciation, with filo coming to mean 'edge' and hilo maintaining the Latin sense of 'string, thread'. Perhaps the /f~h/ variation was exploited to create two words with more specialized senses. Cognate with English file.
noun, masculine/ˈfilo/plural: filos
phylum
Related: subfilo, superfilo
Borrowed from New Latin phylum, from Ancient Greek φῦλον (phûlon, “race”).