Where does “fibrillate” come from?

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

fibrillate (English): To make rapid irregular movements

Definitions

  1. To make rapid irregular movements

Ancestry of “fibrillate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfibrillaA minute thread or fibre; a fibril
2Latinfibrilla—
3Latinfibrafiber, filament
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

Words derived from “fibrillate”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd- →Every word from Latin fibra →