Where does “fiber” come from?

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

fiber (Swedish): fibre (UK), fiber (US) (similar senses to English, though less often of moral fiber)

Definitions

  1. fibre (UK), fiber (US) (similar senses to English, though less often of moral fiber)

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 →