Where does “microlinguistic” come from?

microlinguistic (English) comes from English linguistic, from German linguistisch, from German Linguistik, from English linguistics, from English -ics, from English -ic, from English image, from French image — in.

microlinguistic (English): Pertaining to microlinguistics

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to microlinguistics

Ancestry of “microlinguistic”, step by step

microlinguistic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English linguistic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlinguisticOf or relating to language; Of or relating to...
2Germanlinguistischlinguistic
3GermanLinguistiklinguistics
4EnglishlinguisticsThe scientific study of language
5English-icsForms nouns referring to fields of knowledge or...
6English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
7EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
8Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
9Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
10Spanishimagenimage
11Italianimmagineimage; imago
12Latinimāginem
13Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
14Latinīn-un-, non-, not
15Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
16Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
17Proto-Italicenin
18Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English micro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmicroSmall, relatively small; short form of...
2Ancient Greekμικρόςlittle, small
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én
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