Etymology

microgreen

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Today it means: The small, young seedling of a plant used as a visual flavor accent and occasionally as salad greens. Full definition →

English green ← Middle English grene ← Old English grēne
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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*gʰreh₁-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gróh₁nis
  7. Proto-Germanic*grōniz
  8. Proto-West Germanic*grōnī
  9. Old Englishgrēne
  10. Middle Englishgrene
  11. Englishgreen
  12. English todaymicrogreen

From micro- + green.

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