Where does “fiber” come from?
Fiber comes from French fibre, which derives from Latin fibra, originally meaning a thread or filament.
fiber (English): A single elongated piece of a given material,...
Definitions
- A single elongated piece of a given material,...
Ancestry of “fiber”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | fibre | fibre |
| 2 | German | Fiber | — |
| 3 | Italian | fibra | fiber, fibre |
| 4 | Spanish | fibra | fiber; fiber; dietary fiber; fiberglass |
| 5 | Portuguese | fibra | fibre |
| 6 | Latin | fibra | fiber, filament |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyd- | to split |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰey- | bee |
Words derived from “fiber”