Meanings
adjectiveultramicroscopical (comparative more ultramicroscopical, superlative most ultramicroscopical)
comparative more ultramicroscopical · superlative most ultramicroscopical
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Latinūls
- Latinultrā
- Englishultra-
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
- Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
- Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
- Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
- Ancient Greekσκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
- Ancient Greekσκοπός (skopós)
- Ancient Greekσκοπέω (skopéō)
- Latinmīcroscopium
- Italianmicroscopio
- Englishmicroscope
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishmicroscopical
- Englishultramicroscopical
From ultra- + microscopical.
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