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filter (n.)
c.1400, from M.L.
filtrum
"felt," which was used to strain impurities from liquid, from W.Gmc.
*filtiz
(see
felt
). Of cigarettes, from 1908. The verb is from 1570s; the figurative sense is from 1830. Related:
Filtered
;
filtering
.
