Where does “microgranular” come from?
microgranular (English) comes from English granular, from Latin grānulum, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
microgranular (English): Relating to, or composed of microgranules
Definitions
- Relating to, or composed of microgranules
Ancestry of “microgranular”, step by step
microgranular traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English granular
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | granular | Consisting of, or resembling, granules or grains;... |
| 2 | Latin | grānulum | granule (small grain) |
| 3 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |