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
| 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 |