Where does “microcassette” come from?

microcassette (English) comes from English cassette, from Italian cassetta, from Italian cassa, from Spanish caja, from Catalan caixa, from Old Catalan caixa, from Old Occitan caissa, from Latin Capsa — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

microcassette (English): An extremely small tape for use with a tape...

Definitions

  1. An extremely small tape for use with a tape...

Ancestry of “microcassette”, step by step

microcassette traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English cassette

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcassetteA small flat case containing magnetic tape on two...
2Italiancassettabox, case, crate; cassette
3Italiancassacase, crate, trunk; box; cash register, cash desk
4Spanishcajabox, case; bank; cash desk
5Catalancaixabox; savings bank
6Old Catalancaixabox
7Old Occitancaissa
8LatinCapsaGafsa
9Latincapiōto take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm
10Proto-Italickapiōtake
11Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
12Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti
13Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

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 keh₂p-