Etymology

nonmicroscopical

Today it means: Not microscopical. Full definition →

English microscopical ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Italian microscopio
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  15. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  16. Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
  18. Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
  19. Ancient Greekσκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
  20. Ancient Greekσκοπός (skopós)
  21. Ancient Greekσκοπέω (skopéō)
  22. Latinmīcroscopium
  23. Italianmicroscopio
  24. Englishmicroscope
  25. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  26. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  27. Englishmicroscopical
  28. English todaynonmicroscopical

From non- + microscopical.

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