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Where does “microchapter” come from?

microchapter (English) comes from English chapter, from Middle English chapiter, from Old French chapitre, from Latin capitulum, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

microchapter (English): A very short chapter

Definitions

  1. A very short chapter

Ancestry of “microchapter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchapterOne of the main sections into which the text of a...
2Middle Englishchapiter—
3Old Frenchchapitrechapter
4LatincapitulumA head-like object or structure; A chapter,...
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
6Proto-Italic-olos—
7Proto-Italic-elos—
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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