Where does “Fiberglasstruktur” come from?
Fiberglasstruktur (German) comes from German Fiberglas, 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.
Fiberglasstruktur (German): fiberglass structure
Definitions
- fiberglass structure
Ancestry of “Fiberglasstruktur”, step by step
Fiberglasstruktur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Fiberglas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Fiberglas | fiberglass (US) / fibreglass (UK) |
| 2 | German | Fiber | — |
| 3 | Italian | fibra | fiber, fibre |
| 4 | Spanish | fibra | fiber; fiber; dietary fiber; fiberglass |
| 5 | Portuguese | fibra | fibre |
| 6 | Latin | fibra | fiber, filament |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyd- | to split |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰey- | bee |
via German Struktur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Struktur | structure |
| 2 | Latin | structūra | the practice or process of building, construction |
| 3 | Latin | struō | to place one thing on top of another, to pile up, join together |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | strowō | pile up; construct, build |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | strew- | to spread, to strew |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |