Etymology of the French word fibre
the Old French word
fibrederived from the Latin word
fibra (fibre, string, thread; fibre; fibre; fiber, filament; entrails)
Date
The earliest known usage of fibre in French dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in French
défibrer,
fibreux,
fibrille,
fibrine,
fibrose,
microfibre,
fibranne,
fibrer,
fibrome,
fibroïne,
chlorofibre,
synfibroseDerivations in other languages
English
fibered, English
roughage, Romanian
fibrăCognates
Dutch
fiber, English
fibre, English
fiber, German
Fiber, Italian
fibra, Lithuanian
fibra, Norwegian
fiber, Russian
фибpa, Spanish
fibra, Swedish
fiberUsage
Word found in Old French
