Where does “ファイバー光学” come from?

ファイバー光学 (Japanese) comes from Japanese ファイバー, from English fiber, from French fibre, from German Fiber, from Italian fibra, from Spanish fibra, from Portuguese fibra, from Latin fibra — bee.

ファイバー光学 (Japanese): fiber optics (US), fibre optics (UK)

Definitions

  1. fiber optics (US), fibre optics (UK)

Ancestry of “ファイバー光学”, step by step

ファイバー光学 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese ファイバー

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseファイバーfiber (US), fibre (UK)
2EnglishfiberA single elongated piece of a given material,...
3Frenchfibrefibre
4GermanFiber
5Italianfibrafiber, fibre
6Spanishfibrafiber; fiber; dietary fiber; fiberglass
7Portuguesefibrafibre
8Latinfibrafiber, filament
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

via Japanese 光学

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese光学optics
2Japanesea physically perceived light; a metaphorical...
3Japanese光るto shine, gleam, glitter; to shine, stand out, be...

via English fiber optics

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishfiber opticsAlternative form of fibre optics
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-Every word from Latin fibra