Where does “microsculpture” come from?
microsculpture (English) comes from English sculpture, from Middle English sculpture, from Old French sculpture, from Latin sculptura, from Latin sculpere, from Latin sculpo, from Latin scalpo, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel(H)p- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...
microsculpture (English): Very small sculpture, for example on the surface of a shell
Definitions
- Very small sculpture, for example on the surface of a shell
Ancestry of “microsculpture”, step by step
microsculpture traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sculpture
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sculpture | A three dimensional work of art created by... |
| 2 | Middle English | sculpture | — |
| 3 | Old French | sculpture | — |
| 4 | Latin | sculptura | the act of cutting out or carving; a sculpture, a... |
| 5 | Latin | sculpere | present active infinitive of sculpō; carve |
| 6 | Latin | sculpo | I carve, chisel; I fashion by sculpting, sculpt |
| 7 | Latin | scalpo | I scratch; I carve or engrave |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel(H)p- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kelH- | to cut; to split, to separate |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |