Where does “unfibrous” come from?

unfibrous (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.

unfibrous (English): Not fibrous

Definitions

  1. Not fibrous

Ancestry of “unfibrous”, step by step

unfibrous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English fibrous

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfibrousOf or pertaining to fibre; Containing many fibres...
2EnglishfibreA single piece of a given material, elongated and...
3Frenchfibrefibre
4GermanFiber
5Italianfibrafiber, fibre
6Spanishfibrafiber; fiber; dietary fiber; fiberglass
7Portuguesefibrafibre
8Latinfibrafiber, filament
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey-