The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμικρός“small”
- English todaymicropyle
From French, from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”) + πύλη (púlē, “gate”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμικρός all →
micromicroscopemicrobemicrobionmicrocephalicmicrodrilemicrolithicmicropachycephalosaurus
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.