Where does “fiber” come from?

fiber (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Latin fibra, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

fiber (Norwegian Bokmål): fibre (UK), fiber (US)

Definitions

  1. fibre (UK), fiber (US)

Ancestry of “fiber”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfibrafiber, filament
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

Words derived from “fiber”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd- →Every word from Latin fibra →