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Where does “fibre” come from?

Fibre comes from French fibre, derived from Latin fibra, meaning a thread or filament.

fibre (English): A single piece of a given material, elongated and...

Definitions

  1. A single piece of a given material, elongated and...

Ancestry of “fibre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfibrefibre
2GermanFiber—
3Italianfibrafiber, fibre
4Spanishfibrafiber; fiber; dietary fiber; fiberglass
5Portuguesefibrafibre
6Latinfibrafiber, filament
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

Words derived from “fibre”

  • fibrous
  • fibrin
  • fibrinogen
  • fibrinous
  • fibreglass
  • fibred
  • fibrinoid
  • fibreboard
  • hypofibrinogenemia
  • myofibre
  • defibrination
  • multifiber
  • fibrinopeptide
  • nonfibrous
  • afibrinogenemia
  • fibrescope
  • hyperfibrinogenemia
  • fibreless
  • multifibre
  • hypofibrinogenaemia
  • fibrinogenesis
  • fibrously
  • microfibrous
  • fibrousness
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