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Where does “microhydraulic” come from?

microhydraulic (English) comes from English hydraulic, from French hydraulique, from Latin hydraulicus, from Ancient Greek ὑδραυλικός, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

microhydraulic (English): Of or pertaining to microhydraulics

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to microhydraulics

Ancestry of “microhydraulic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhydraulicPertaining to water; Related to, or operated by,...
2Frenchhydrauliquehydraulic
3Latinhydraulicus—
4Ancient Greekὑδραυλικόςof a water organ
5Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
6Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
7Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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