Where does “microfractionator” come from?
microfractionator (English) comes from English fractionator, from English fractionate, from English fraction, from Middle English fraccioun, from Occitan fraccion, from Latin fractio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
microfractionator (English): A piece of laboratory equipment that is used to...
Definitions
- A piece of laboratory equipment that is used to...
Ancestry of “microfractionator”, step by step
microfractionator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fractionator
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fractionator | A piece of chemical engineering or laboratory... |
| 2 | English | fractionate | To separate into its individual constituents by... |
| 3 | English | fraction | A part of a whole, especially a comparatively... |
| 4 | Middle English | fraccioun | a breaking |
| 5 | Occitan | fraccion | a part; fraction |
| 6 | Latin | fractio | the action of breaking; fraction |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |