Where does “microfabrication” come from?

microfabrication (English) comes from English fabrication, from French fabrication, from French -ation, from Middle French -ation, from Old French -ation, from Latin -ātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

microfabrication (English): The technology used to fabricate components on a...

Definitions

  1. The technology used to fabricate components on a...

Ancestry of “microfabrication”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfabricationThe act of fabricating, framing, or constructing;...
2Frenchfabricationmanufacture, manufacturing; fabrication;...
3French-ationUsed to indicate action, condition, result or effect; -ation
4Middle French-ationation
5Old French-ationation
6Latin-ātiō
7Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
8Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
9Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
10Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
11Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
12Latincalceusshoe
13Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
14Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξEvery word from Latin -tiōEvery word from Latin dis-