n. 文件;档案;文件夹;锉刀
vt. 提出;锉;琢磨;把…归档
vi. 列队行进;用锉刀锉
n. (File)人名;(匈、塞)菲莱
file 文件
来自拉丁语filum,线,词源同 filament. 引申词义文件,文献,因古代文献多用线缝合。
file 锉刀
来自PIE*peig, 砍,切,字母g脱落,词源同pigment, picture. 用做工具名。
File (filacium) is a threed or wyer, whereon writs, or other exhibits in courts, are fastened for the better keeping of them. [Cowel, "The Interpreter," 1607]Methods have become more sophisticated, but the word has stuck. Meaning "place among the records of a court or office" is from 1510s; of newspaper reporters sending in stories, 1954. Intransitive sense "march in a line (as soldiers do) one after another" is from 1610s. Related: Filed; filing.