Where does “microencapsulator” come from?
microencapsulator (English) comes from English encapsulator, from English OR, from Middle English ōr, from Middle French or, from Old French or, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus.
microencapsulator (English): Any device that performs microencapsulation
Definitions
- Any device that performs microencapsulation
Ancestry of “microencapsulator”, step by step
microencapsulator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English encapsulator
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | encapsulator | One who, or that which, encapsulates |
| 2 | English | OR | Inclusive or; either one proposition or the other... |
| 3 | Middle English | ōr | or |
| 4 | Middle French | or | gold |
| 5 | Old French | or | gold; blond color; Alternative form of ore |
| 6 | Latin | aurum | gold; any object made of gold, such as a gold... |
| 7 | Latin | ausum | nominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | ausus | dared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,... |
| 9 | Latin | audeō | to dare, venture, risk |
| 10 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 11 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |