Where does “fibreglassing” come from?
fibreglassing (English) comes from English fibreglass, from English fibre, from French fibre, from German Fiber, from Italian fibra, from Spanish fibra, from Portuguese fibra, from Latin fibra — bee.
fibreglassing (English): Alternative spelling of fiberglassing
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of fiberglassing
Ancestry of “fibreglassing”, step by step
fibreglassing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fibreglass
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fibreglass | Silica based glass extruded into fibers that... |
| 2 | English | fibre | A single piece of a given material, elongated and... |
| 3 | French | fibre | fibre |
| 4 | German | Fiber | — |
| 5 | Italian | fibra | fiber, fibre |
| 6 | Spanish | fibra | fiber; fiber; dietary fiber; fiberglass |
| 7 | Portuguese | fibra | fibre |
| 8 | Latin | fibra | fiber, filament |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyd- | to split |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰey- | bee |
via English ing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ing | A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;... |
| 2 | Middle English | ing | — |
| 3 | Old English | ing | meadow, water meadow, ing |
| 4 | Old Norse | eng | meadow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | angijō | A low lying meadow in a valley or near a river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énkos | curve, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |