Where does “fibrillin” come from?

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

fibrillin (English): A glycoprotein present in human skin, necessary...

Definitions

  1. A glycoprotein present in human skin, necessary...

Ancestry of “fibrillin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfibrilA fine fibre or filament; Any fine, filamentous...
2Latinfibrilla
3Latinfibrafiber, filament
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

Words derived from “fibrillin

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey-