Where does “nonfibrous” come from?
nonfibrous (English) comes from English fibrous, from English fibre, from French fibre, from German Fiber, from Italian fibra, from Spanish fibra, from Portuguese fibra, from Latin fibra — bee.
nonfibrous (English): Not fibrous
Ancestry of “nonfibrous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | fibrous | Of or pertaining to fibre; Containing many fibres... |
| 2 | English | fibre | A single piece of a given material, elongated and... |
| 3 | French | fibre | fibre |
| 4 | German | Fiber | — |
| 5 | Italian | fibra | fiber, fibre |
| 6 | Spanish | fibra | fiber; fiber; dietary fiber; fiberglass |
| 7 | Portuguese | fibra | fibre |
| 8 | Latin | fibra | fiber, filament |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyd- | to split |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰey- | bee |