Etymology

microchip

M3I1C3R1O1C3H4I1P3

Today it means: An integrated circuit. Full definition →

English chip ← Middle English chippe ← Old English ċipp
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  3. Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
  4. Englishmicro-
  5. Proto-Germanic*kippōną
  6. Proto-West Germanic*kippōn
  7. Old English*ċippian
  8. Old Englishċipp
  9. Middle Englishchippe
  10. Englishchip
  11. English todaymicrochip

From micro- + chip.

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