Etymology

microcode

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Today it means: The collective microprograms in a CPU, used to run machine instructions. Full definition →

English code ← Middle English code ← Old French code
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  3. Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
  4. Englishmicro-
  5. Latincaudex
  6. Latincōdex
  7. Old Frenchcode
  8. Middle Englishcode
  9. Englishcode
  10. English todaymicrocode

From micro- + code.

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