Etymology

microfibril

M3I1C3R1O1F4I1B3R1I1L1

Today it means: A bundle of cellulose polymer chains held together by weak bonds. Full definition →

English fibril ← Ancient Greek μῑκρο- (mīkro-) ← Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.?
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  3. Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
  4. Englishmicro-
  5. Englishfibril
  6. English todaymicrofibril

From micro- + fibril.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.