Where does “micropedia” come from?
micropedia (English) comes from English micronation, from English nation, from Middle English nacioun, from Old French nacion, from Latin nātiō, from Latin nātus, from Latin gnātus, from Proto-Italic gnātos — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
micropedia (English): An encyclopaedia containing a limited or reduced (abridged) amount of information
Definitions
- An encyclopaedia containing a limited or reduced (abridged) amount of information
Ancestry of “micropedia”, step by step
micropedia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English micronation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | micronation | A non-autonomous entity that claims to be a sovereign state and mimics the actions of a state (with varying degrees of seriousness), but lacks any legal recognition and exists only on paper or in the mind of its creator; a micronational entity |
| 2 | English | nation | A historically constituted, stable community of... |
| 3 | Middle English | nacioun | nation, country; people, race, tribe; People with... |
| 4 | Old French | nacion | birth; nation |
| 5 | Latin | nātiō | birth |
| 6 | Latin | nātus | born, arisen, made |
| 7 | Latin | gnātus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | gnātos | born |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁tós | begotten, produced |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via English encyclopædia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | encyclopædia | Archaic spelling of encyclopedia |