Where does “microfissure” come from?
microfissure (English) comes from English fissure, from Middle English fissure, from Old French fissure, from Latin fissura, from Latin findō, from Proto-Italic findō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.
microfissure (English): A microscopic fissure
Definitions
- A microscopic fissure
Ancestry of “microfissure”, step by step
microfissure traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fissure
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fissure | A crack or opening, as in a rock; A groove, deep... |
| 2 | Middle English | fissure | fissure, rupture |
| 3 | Old French | fissure | — |
| 4 | Latin | fissura | fissure, cleft; nominative feminine singular of... |
| 5 | Latin | findō | to cleave, break up, separate, divide, split, part |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | findō | split, cleave |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyd- | to split |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰey- | bee |