Where does “microprofiler” come from?

microprofiler (English) comes from English profiler, from English profile, from French profil, from Italian profilo, from Italian profilare, from Italian filare, from Italian filo, from Latin phylum — he, she.

microprofiler (English): A device that uses microelectrodes to analyze chemical structure

Definitions

  1. A device that uses microelectrodes to analyze chemical structure

Ancestry of “microprofiler”, step by step

microprofiler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English profiler

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishprofilerA mechanical device that cuts complex, irregular...
2EnglishprofileThe outermost shape, view, or edge of an object;...
3Frenchprofilprofile
4Italianprofiloprofile; first-person singular present indicative...
5Italianprofilareto outline; to edge; to shape
6Italianfilareto spin; to draw; to pay out
7Italianfilothread; yarn; string
8Latinphylumphylum
9Ancient Greekφῦλονa set of people or other beings; sex; nation,...
10Ancient GreekφύωTo bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;...
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuHyétito be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing
12Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
13Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
14Chichewaiyehe, she

via English micro

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