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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Livius Andronicus|origins=la fīlius}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈfiː.li.a]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈfiː.li.a]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''fīlia''' ''f'' (genitive fīliae, masculine fīlius); first declension^(Wiktionary)
+ Inscriptions have ''fileia'' and the genitive ''fileai''; the dative and ablative plural is usually ''fīliābus'' when it must be told from that of ''fīlius'', but Ennius and Plautus have ''fīliīs''.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is the feminine of [[fīlius]] “son”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) It displaced the inherited word for daughter, from [[ine-pro|*dʰugh₂tḗr]], which survives in [[osc|𐌚𐌖𐌕𐌝𐌓|tr=futír]].^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler's first source is Livius Andronicus, whom he dates 280/260 to before 200 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant a daughter, and ''fīlia familiās'' a daughter under her father's power, as in Seneca; in Horace it was used poetically of personified things.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant a daughter.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for a daughter church.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it in patronymics and figuratively.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''figlia'', French ''fille'', Spanish ''hija'' and Portuguese ''filha''.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 280/260–before 200 BC – Livius Andronicus uses it.^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius has the plural ''fīliīs''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses ''fīlia familiās''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A [[m|en|daughter]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''fīlia familiās'', a daughter under her father's power.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A daughter church.^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[fīliālis]]
+ * [[fīliola]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[fīliaster]]
+ * [[fīliastra]]
+ * [[fīlietās]]
+ * [[fīliolus]]
+ * [[fīlius]]
+ * [[en|filial]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}