The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμικρός“small”
- English todaymicrobion
From Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”) + βίος (bíos, “life”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμικρός all →
micromicroscopemicrobemicrocephalicmicrodrilemicrolithicmicropachycephalosaurusmicropyle
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.