Where does “microengineer” come from?
microengineer (English) comes from English engineer, from Middle English engyneour, from Old French engigneor, from Latin ingeniator, from Latin ingeniārius, from Latin ingenium, from Latin gignere, from Latin genere — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
microengineer (English): To engineer by means of microengineering
Definitions
- To engineer by means of microengineering
Ancestry of “microengineer”, step by step
microengineer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English engineer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | engineer | A person who is qualified or professionally... |
| 2 | Middle English | engyneour | — |
| 3 | Old French | engigneor | deceiver; one who deceives; engineer |
| 4 | Latin | ingeniator | engineer |
| 5 | Latin | ingeniārius | an engineer |
| 6 | Latin | ingenium | innate or natural quality, natural character;... |
| 7 | Latin | gignere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | genere | ablative singular of genus; to beget, produce |
| 9 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |