Morpheme
Fib(e)r(e) [Fiber, Fibre]
Type
free base
Denotation
filament, singular long piece
Etymology
Middle English fibre; French fibre; Old French; Latin fibra
Evidence
antifibrin, biofiber, defibrillate, defibrillated, defibrillates, defibrillating, defibrillation, defibrillator, defibrinate, fiber, fiberfill, fiberglass, fibers, fibery, fibre, fibril, fibrilar, fibrilla, fibrillae, fibrillate, fibrillated, fibrillates, fibrillating, fibrillation, fibrin, fibrinase, fibrine, fibrinogen, fibrinoid, fibrisol, fibro-, fibroblast, fibrocystic, fibroferrite, fibroid, fibroma, fibromyalgia, fibromyoma, fibrose, fibrosis, fibrositis, fibrous, hyperfibrinemia, hypofibrinemia, microfiber, multifiber, refibrillation
Modern Base Analysis
<Fibrill> denoting “fibrilla”
alternative modern base analysis without suffixal construction -illate
from fibrilla <Fib(e)r(e) + -illa>, from Latin fibrilla, from fibra + -illa
defibrillate, defibrillated, defibrillates, defibrillating, defibrillation, defibrillator, fibrillate, fibrillated, fibrillates, fibrillating, fibrillation, refibrillation
