Where does “microcurvature” come from?
microcurvature (English) comes from English curvature, from Latin curvatura, from Latin curvo, from Latin curvus, from Proto-Italic korwos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱorh₂wós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- — army.
microcurvature (English): curvature on a very small scale
Definitions
- curvature on a very small scale
Ancestry of “microcurvature”, step by step
microcurvature traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English curvature
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | curvature | The shape of something curved; The extent to... |
| 2 | Latin | curvatura | bend, bending, curvature; arch, vault; nominative... |
| 3 | Latin | curvo | I crook, bend, bow, curve; dative/ablative... |
| 4 | Latin | curvus | bent, crooked, curved |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |