Where does “chlorofibre” come from?
chlorofibre (English) comes from English fibre, from French fibre, from German Fiber, from Italian fibra, from Spanish fibra, from Portuguese fibra, from Latin fibra, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd- — bee.
chlorofibre (English): Any synthetic fibre made from the polymerization...
Definitions
- Any synthetic fibre made from the polymerization...
Ancestry of “chlorofibre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | fibre | A single piece of a given material, elongated and... |
| 2 | French | fibre | fibre |
| 3 | German | Fiber | — |
| 4 | Italian | fibra | fiber, fibre |
| 5 | Spanish | fibra | fiber; fiber; dietary fiber; fiberglass |
| 6 | Portuguese | fibra | fibre |
| 7 | Latin | fibra | fiber, filament |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyd- | to split |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰey- | bee |