Where does “microsculptured” come from?
microsculptured (English) comes from English sculptured, from English sculpture, from Middle English sculpture, from Old French sculpture, from Latin sculptura, from Latin sculpere, from Latin sculpo, from Latin scalpo — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...
microsculptured (English): Having very small "sculptured" details
Definitions
- Having very small "sculptured" details
Ancestry of “microsculptured”, step by step
microsculptured traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sculptured
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sculptured | Made like a sculpture; Attractively formed |
| 2 | English | sculpture | A three dimensional work of art created by... |
| 3 | Middle English | sculpture | — |
| 4 | Old French | sculpture | — |
| 5 | Latin | sculptura | the act of cutting out or carving; a sculpture, a... |
| 6 | Latin | sculpere | present active infinitive of sculpō; carve |
| 7 | Latin | sculpo | I carve, chisel; I fashion by sculpting, sculpt |
| 8 | Latin | scalpo | I scratch; I carve or engrave |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel(H)p- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kelH- | to cut; to split, to separate |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |