Where does “microchip” come from?
Microchip derives from English chip, itself from Proto-Indo-European smēyg-, which traces to Latin cippus meaning a pointed stake or post.
microchip (English): Integrated circuit; microprocessor; To fit with...
Definitions
- Integrated circuit; microprocessor; To fit with...
Ancestry of “microchip”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Chip | A diminutive of the male given names Christopher and Charles |
| 2 | Middle English | chip | fragment, worthless thing; chip, shard, fragment |
| 3 | Old English | ċipp | chip; small piece of wood; chip, splinter,... |
| 4 | Old English | ċippian | to cut; hew |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kipp- | to chop; split; to cut; carve; hack; chop |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵey- | to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;... |