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Where does “fibreux” come from?

fibreux (French) comes from French fibre, from German Fiber, from Italian fibra, from Spanish fibra, from Portuguese fibra, from Latin fibra, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

fibreux (French): fibrous

Definitions

  1. fibrous

Ancestry of “fibreux”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfibrefibre
2GermanFiber—
3Italianfibrafiber, fibre
4Spanishfibrafiber; fiber; dietary fiber; fiberglass
5Portuguesefibrafibre
6Latinfibrafiber, filament
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee
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