Where does “microfibrillar” come from?

microfibrillar (English) comes from English fibrillar, from English -ar, from Middle English -ar, from Old English -ere, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

microfibrillar (English): Of or pertaining to microfibrils

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to microfibrils

Ancestry of “microfibrillar”, step by step

microfibrillar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English fibrillar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfibrillarOf or pertaining to fibrils; Having the...
2English-arOf, near, or pertaining to; Forming nouns such as...
3Middle English-ar
4Old English-eremasculine agent suffix, originally applied only...
5Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
6Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
7Latin-āriuser
8Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

via English micro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmicroSmall, relatively small; short form of...
2Ancient Greekμικρόςlittle, small
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “microfibrillar

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios