Where does “microchlorophyte” come from?

microchlorophyte (English) comes from English chlorophyte, from English chloro, from English genic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen — in.

microchlorophyte (English): A microscopic chlorophyte

Definitions

  1. A microscopic chlorophyte

Ancestry of “microchlorophyte”, step by step

microchlorophyte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English chlorophyte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchlorophyteAny of the green algae that make up the division...
2Englishchloro
3Englishgenicof, relating to, produced by, or being a gene
4English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
5EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
6Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
7Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
8Spanishimagenimage
9Italianimmagineimage; imago
10Latinimāginem
11Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
12Latinīn-un-, non-, not
13Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
14Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
15Proto-Italicenin
16Proto-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