Where does “fiberscope” come from?
fiberscope (English) comes from English fiber, from French fibre, from German Fiber, from Italian fibra, from Spanish fibra, from Portuguese fibra, from Latin fibra, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd- — bee.
fiberscope (English): a flexible fibreoptic device for viewing...
Definitions
- a flexible fibreoptic device for viewing...
Ancestry of “fiberscope”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fiber | A single elongated piece of a given material,... |
| 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 |