Where does “microcluster” come from?

microcluster (English) comes from English cluster, from Middle English cluster, from Old English cluster, from Proto-Germanic klus-.

microcluster (English): A microscopic cluster

Definitions

  1. A microscopic cluster

Ancestry of “microcluster”, step by step

microcluster traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English cluster

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishclusterA group or bunch of several discrete items that...
2Middle Englishcluster—
3Old Englishcluster—
4Proto-Germanicklus-—

via English micro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmicroSmall, relatively small; short form of...
2Ancient Greekμικρόςlittle, small
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Proto-Germanic klus- →