Where does “microemulsion” come from?
Microemulsion comes from English micro- combined with emulsion, where micro- derives from Ancient Greek μικρός meaning small, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European smēyg-.
microemulsion (English): A stable emulsion that is clear because the...
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- A stable emulsion that is clear because the...
Ancestry of “microemulsion”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | emulsion | A stable suspension of small droplets of one... |
| 2 | French | émulsion | emulsion |
| 3 | Latin | emulsio | emulsion |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |