Where does “microassembler” come from?

microassembler (English) comes from English assembler, from English assemble, from French assemble, from French assembler, from Old French asembler, from Latin assimulō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.

microassembler (English): An assembler that operates on microcode

Definitions

  1. An assembler that operates on microcode

Ancestry of “microassembler”, step by step

microassembler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English assembler

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishassemblerA program that reads source code written in...
2EnglishassembleTo put together; To gather as a group; to...
3Frenchassemblefirst-person singular present indicative of...
4Frenchassemblerto assemble
5Old Frenchasemblerto collect up; to get together
6Latinassimulōto consider as similar, make similar, assimilate
7Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
8Latinīn-un-, non-, not
9Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
10Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
11Proto-Italicenin
12Proto-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