Etymology

microscale

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Today it means: A very small or microscopic scale. Full definition →

English scale ← Middle English scale ← Latin scāla
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  3. Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
  4. Englishmicro-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*skend-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kn̥d-sleh₂
  7. Proto-Italic*skand-slā
  8. Latinscāla
  9. Middle Englishscale
  10. Englishscale
  11. English todaymicroscale

From micro- + scale.

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