Fibrous
/ˈfaɪ.brəs/noun
Made of, resembling, or containing fibers.
Did you know?Fibrous comes from Latin *fibra*, a word for a fiber or filament, and that same root also gave English *fibre* and *fiber*, tying the word to the idea of something stretched into thin strands rather than anything mystical.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*pei-
“to tie, fasten, or bind”
Latin
Latin
fibra
“a fiber, filament, or threadlike strand”
Late Latin
Latin
fibrosus
“full of fibers; fibrous”
14th Century
English
fibrous
“having the nature of or resembling fibers”
Modern English
English
fibrous
“made of or containing fibers”