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Where does “neurofibrillary” come from?

Neurofibrillary comes from English fibril, Latin -arius, Latin -alis, and Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁-, meaning to spin or twist.

neurofibrillary (English): Of or pertaining to a neurofibril

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to a neurofibril

Ancestry of “neurofibrillary”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfibrillaryOf or pertaining to fibrils, or nanoscale fibers
2English-aryof or pertaining to; adjective suffix appended to...
3Italian-ario-ary; Added to nouns to create attributive...
4Latin-ārium—
5Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
6Proto-Italic*-om—
7Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—
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