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Where does “antifibrillar” come from?

antifibrillar (English) comes from English fibrillar, from English -ar, from Middle English -ar, from Old English -ere, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

antifibrillar (English): That acts against fibrils or their effects

Definitions

  1. That acts against fibrils or their effects

Ancestry of “antifibrillar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfibrillarOf or pertaining to fibrils; Having the...
2English-arOf, near, or pertaining to; Forming nouns such as...
3Middle English-ar—
4Old English-eremasculine agent suffix, originally applied only...
5Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
6Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
7Latin-ārius—
8Proto-Italic*-āzios—
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