English
fimbria
Fimbria comes from Late Latin fimbria ‘a border, fringe’, and goes back to Latin fimbriae.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfimbriae‘fibers, threads, fringe’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEfimbria‘a border, fringe’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfimbriae‘fibers, threads, fringe’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEfimbria‘a border, fringe’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Latin fimbriae ‘fibers, threads, fringe’
through Late Latin fimbria ‘a border, fringe’
Today it means
noun An individual thread in a fimbria, especially a fingerlike projection around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fimbriae / fimbria