Where does “microprecipitation” come from?
microprecipitation (English) comes from English precipitation, from Middle French précipitation, from Latin praecipitatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
microprecipitation (English): precipitation of very small particles
Definitions
- precipitation of very small particles
Ancestry of “microprecipitation”, step by step
microprecipitation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English precipitation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | precipitation | Any or all of the forms of water particles,... |
| 2 | Middle French | précipitation | — |
| 3 | Latin | praecipitatio | headlong fall; inconsiderate haste; precipitation |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |