Etymology

microdot

M3I1C3R1O1D2O1T1

Today it means: A text or photographic image that has been reduced in size to that of a typographical dot in order to escape detection by unintended recipients. Full definition →

English dot ← Ancient Greek μῑκρο- (mīkro-) ← Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.?
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  3. Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
  4. Englishmicro-
  5. Englishdot
  6. English todaymicrodot

From micro- + dot.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.