The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμικρός“small”
- English todaymicrolithic
From micro- + -lith + -ic or microlith + -ic, from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμικρός all →
micromicroscopemicrobemicrobionmicrocephalicmicrodrilemicropachycephalosaurusmicropyle
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.