Where does “fibrous” come from?
Fibrous comes from French fibreux, from Latin fibrosus, formed from fibra meaning thread or fiber with the Latin suffix -osus meaning full of or characterized by.
fibrous (English): Of or pertaining to fibre; Containing many fibres...
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to fibre; Containing many fibres...
Ancestry of “fibrous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |