Where does “microcollimator” come from?
microcollimator (English) comes from English collimator, from English collimate, from Latin collimo, from Latin collineo, from Latin līneō, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom — flax.
microcollimator (English): A very small collimator
Definitions
- A very small collimator
Ancestry of “microcollimator”, step by step
microcollimator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English collimator
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | collimator | An optical device that generates a parallel beam... |
| 2 | English | collimate | To focus into a narrow beam or column; to adjust... |
| 3 | Latin | collimo | I direct in a straight line |
| 4 | Latin | collineo | I direct in a straight line |
| 5 | Latin | līneō | to make straight or perpendicular |
| 6 | Latin | līnea | A linen thread |
| 7 | Latin | līnum | flax |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |