Where does “microexfoliation” come from?
microexfoliation (English) comes from English exfoliation, from Latin exfoliare, from Latin exfoliō, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
microexfoliation (English): exfoliation of the skin by the use of very small...
Definitions
- exfoliation of the skin by the use of very small...
Ancestry of “microexfoliation”, step by step
microexfoliation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English exfoliation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | exfoliation | The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral,... |
| 2 | Latin | exfoliare | present active infinitive of exfoliō;... |
| 3 | Latin | exfoliō | to strip of leaves |
| 4 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |