file.
traffic jam
Meaning & usage
traffic jam
queue
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French file (“line, row”), from Late Latin filare, from Latin filum (“thread”). Related to fileren (“to fillet”) and file (“computer file”).
file (an aggregation of data on a storage device identified by a name)
Where this word comes from
From English file (“computer file”), from Old French fil (“thread”), from Latin filum (“thread”). Related to fileren (“to fillet”) and file (“queue, traffic jam”).
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