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
- To make rapid irregular movements
Ancestry of “fibrillate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | fibrilla | A minute thread or fibre; a fibril |
| 2 | Latin | fibrilla | — |
| 3 | Latin | fibra | fiber, filament |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyd- | to split |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰey- | bee |
Words derived from “fibrillate”