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Where does “microanalysis” come from?

microanalysis (English) comes from English analysis, from Medieval Latin analysis, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις, from Ancient Greek ἀναλύω, from Ancient Greek ἀνά, from Proto-Hellenic *aná.

microanalysis (English): The analysis of very small quantities of...

Definitions

  1. The analysis of very small quantities of...

Ancestry of “microanalysis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishanalysisDecomposition into components in order to study;...
2Medieval Latinanalysisanalysis
3Ancient Greekἀνάλυσιςa loosing, releasing; a dissolving, resolution of...
4Ancient Greekἀναλύωto unloose, release, set free; I unravel,...
5Ancient Greekἀνάon board; on, upon
6Proto-Hellenic*aná—
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