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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.

microfibrillar (English): Of or pertaining to microfibrils

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to microfibrils

Ancestry of “microfibrillar”, step by step

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-ārius—
8Proto-Italic*-āzios—

Words derived from “microfibrillar”

  • nonmicrofibrillar
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