Etymology

micromanagement

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Today it means: The direct management of a project, etc. to an excessive degree, with too much attention to detail and insufficient delegation. Full definition →

English management ← Middle English *manage ← Old French manege
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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*(s)meh₂-
  6. Proto-Italic*manus
  7. Latinmanus
  8. Vulgar Latin*manizāre
  9. Old Italianmaneggiareder.?
  10. Old Frenchmanege
  11. Middle English*manage
  12. Englishmanage
  13. Englishmanagement
  14. English todaymicromanagement

From micro- + management.

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