Where does “micro-annotation” come from?

micro-annotation (English) comes from English annotation, from Latin annotātiōnem, from Latin annotātus, from Latin annotare, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

micro-annotation (English): Annotation of a small subset of an image, document, corpus, piece of music, etc

Definitions

  1. Annotation of a small subset of an image, document, corpus, piece of music, etc

Ancestry of “micro-annotation”, step by step

micro-annotation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English annotation

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishannotationa critical or explanatory commentary or analysis;...
2Latinannotātiōnem
3Latinannotātus
4Latinannotarepresent active infinitive of annotō;...
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-un-, non-, not
7Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English micro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmicroSmall, relatively small; short form of...
2Ancient Greekμικρόςlittle, small
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én