Etymology

microblade

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Today it means: A small blade, typically produced in prehistoric times from silica-rich minerals. Full definition →

English blade ← Middle English blade ← Old English blæd
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  3. Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
  4. Englishmicro-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*bʰleh₃-
  6. Proto-Germanic*bladą
  7. Proto-West Germanic*blad
  8. Old Englishblæd
  9. Middle Englishblad
  10. Middle Englishblade
  11. Englishblade
  12. English todaymicroblade

From micro- + blade.

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