Where does “fibril” come from?

fibril (English) comes from Latin fibrilla, from Latin fibra, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

fibril (English): A fine fibre or filament; Any fine, filamentous...

Definitions

  1. A fine fibre or filament; Any fine, filamentous...

Ancestry of “fibril”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfibrilla
2Latinfibrafiber, filament
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

Words derived from “fibril

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey-