Etymology

micaceous

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to, consisting of, containing or resembling mica. Full definition →

English mica ← Latin mīca ← Proto-Italic *meikā?
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)meyk-
  2. Proto-Italic*(s)mīkā?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*meyk-
  4. Proto-Italic*meikā?
  5. Latinmīca
  6. Englishmica
  7. English todaymicaceous

From mica + -aceous. From Latin mīca (“grain, crumb”). Often erroneously associated with Latin micō (“to twinkle, glitter”) and hence with English micacious.

Words from the same roots

Latinmīca all →

mica

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