Where does “microprism” come from?
microprism (English) comes from English prism, from Late Latin prisma, from Ancient Greek πρίσμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.
microprism (English): Any of many very small prisms used, either to form a reflective surface, or to form an area in a camera's viewfinder that blurs if the image is not precisely in focus
Definitions
- Any of many very small prisms used, either to form a reflective surface, or to form an area in a camera's viewfinder that blurs if the image is not precisely in focus
Ancestry of “microprism”, step by step
microprism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English prism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | prism | A polyhedron with parallel ends of the same size... |
| 2 | Late Latin | prisma | prism |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πρίσμα | Anything sawn, sawdust; A prism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -μᾰ | "suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |