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==Etymology==
− It is from French [[m|fr|fibre]], with Medieval Latin fibre,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) from Latin [[m|la|fibra|t=a fibre, filament; entrails]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) of uncertain origin, perhaps related to fīlum, a thread (see [[file]]),^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Klein 1966) or to findere, to split.^(Etymonline)
+ It is from French [[m|fr|fibre]], with [[la-med|fibre]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) from Latin [[m|la|fibra|t=a fibre, filament; entrails]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) of uncertain origin, perhaps related to fīlum, a thread (see [[file]]),^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Klein 1966) or to findere, to split.^(Etymonline)
==Earliest recorded meaning==