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- Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
- Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
- Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
- Englishmicro-
- Spanishlitre
- Englishlitre
- English todaymicrolitre
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
microlitre
Today it means: A unit of fluid measure being one millionth (10⁻⁶) of a litre. Symbol: μL or μl (homoglyphic: µL or µl). Full definition →
English litre ← Spanish litre ← Ancient Greek μῑκρο- (mīkro-)