Etymology

microparticle

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Today it means: An extremely small particle. Full definition →

English particle ← Middle French particule ← Latin particula
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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*perh₃-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*pérh₃tis?
  7. Proto-Italic*partis
  8. Latinpars
  9. Latinparticula
  10. Middle Frenchparticule
  11. Englishparticle
  12. English todaymicroparticle

From micro- + particle.

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