Where does “microcryptocrystalline” come from?
microcryptocrystalline (English) comes from English cryptocrystalline, from English crystalline, from Middle English cristallyn, from Old French cristallin, from Latin crystallinus, from Ancient Greek κρυστάλλινος, from Ancient Greek κρύσταλλος, from Ancient Greek κρύος — to form a crust, begin to freeze.
microcryptocrystalline (English): microscopically cryptocrystalline
Definitions
- microscopically cryptocrystalline
Ancestry of “microcryptocrystalline”, step by step
microcryptocrystalline traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cryptocrystalline
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cryptocrystalline | Whose crystalline nature only becomes apparent at... |
| 2 | English | crystalline | Of, relating to, or composed of crystals; Having... |
| 3 | Middle English | cristallyn | — |
| 4 | Old French | cristallin | — |
| 5 | Latin | crystallinus | crystal; resembling crystal; crystalline |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κρυστάλλινος | icy; of crystal |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κρύσταλλος | ice; rock crystal |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | κρύος | cold, chilliness; frost; ice |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | krews- | to form a crust, begin to freeze |