Where does “microlinguistics” come from?

microlinguistics (English) comes from English linguistics, from English -ics, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine — in.

microlinguistics (English): A branch of linguistics that concerns itself with...

Definitions

  1. A branch of linguistics that concerns itself with...

Ancestry of “microlinguistics”, step by step

microlinguistics traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English linguistics

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlinguisticsThe scientific study of language
2English-icsForms nouns referring to fields of knowledge or...
3English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
4EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
5Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
6Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
7Spanishimagenimage
8Italianimmagineimage; imago
9Latinimāginem
10Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
11Latinīn-un-, non-, not
12Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
13Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
14Proto-Italicenin
15Proto-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 h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en