Where does “fibrin” come from?
Fibrin comes from Latin fibra, meaning thread or fiber, through French fibre and English fibre, with the -in suffix added to denote a protein component.
fibrin (English): A white, albuminous, fibrous substance, formed in...
Definitions
- A white, albuminous, fibrous substance, formed in...
Ancestry of “fibrin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | fibre | A single piece of a given material, elongated and... |
| 2 | French | fibre | fibre |
| 3 | German | Fiber | — |
| 4 | Italian | fibra | fiber, fibre |
| 5 | Spanish | fibra | fiber; fiber; dietary fiber; fiberglass |
| 6 | Portuguese | fibra | fibre |
| 7 | Latin | fibra | fiber, filament |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyd- | to split |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰey- | bee |
Words derived from “fibrin”