Late 16th century. From Italian regional (northern) filosello, alteration of follisello from an unattested post-classical Latin form *follicellus cocoon from classical Latin folliculus + -ellus.
Definition of filosella in US English:
filosella
nounˈfɪləsɛlə
rare, historical
Filoselle.
Origin
Late 16th century. From Italian regional (northern) filosello, alteration of follisello from an unattested post-classical Latin form *follicellus cocoon from classical Latin folliculus + -ellus.