Where does “microcube” come from?
microcube (English) comes from English cube, from English cubicle, from Latin cubiculum, from Latin cubāre, from Latin cubō, from Proto-Italic kubāō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱewb-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱew- — cattle.
microcube (English): A tiny cube
Definitions
- A tiny cube
Ancestry of “microcube”, step by step
microcube traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cube
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cube | A regular polyhedron having six identical square... |
| 2 | English | cubicle | A small separate part or one of the compartments... |
| 3 | Latin | cubiculum | A small bedroom; bedchamber |
| 4 | Latin | cubāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | cubō | to lie down, recline |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kubāō | to lie down |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱewb- | briar, thorn |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱew- | skin, colour of the skin; to shine; bright; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷṓws | cattle |