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filigree (n.)
1690s, shortening of
filigreen
(1660s), from French
filigrane
"filigree" (17c.), from Italian
filigrana
, from Latin
filum
"thread, wire" (see
file
(v.1)) +
granum
"grain" (see
corn
(n.1)). Related:
Filigreed
.
