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- Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
- Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
- Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
- Englishmicro-
- Proto-Indo-European*ters-
- Proto-Indo-European*ters-eh₂
- Proto-Italic*tersā
- Latinterra
- Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-?
- Proto-Indo-European*ph₂tḗr
- Proto-Italic*patēr
- Latinpater
- Latinpatrius
- Latinterra patriaellip.
- Latinpatria
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- English todaymicropatrology
From micro- (“very small”) + Latin patria (“country”) + English -ology (“branch of learning; a study of a particular subject”), coined by the International Micropatrological Society in 1973. Perhaps a classical compound via translating micronation into Latin as micropatria (literally “microcountry”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.