Etymology

mesoscale

M3E1S1O1S1C3A1L1E1

Today it means: Of medium size or extent; between microscale and macroscale. Full definition →

English scale ← Middle English scale ← Latin scāla
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*me
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
  5. Proto-Hellenic*métsos
  6. Ancient Greekμέσος (mésos)
  7. Englishmeso-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*skend-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kn̥d-sleh₂
  10. Proto-Italic*skand-slā
  11. Latinscāla
  12. Middle Englishscale
  13. Englishscale
  14. English todaymesoscale

From meso- + scale.

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