Where does “microseismicity” come from?

microseismicity (English) comes from English seismicity, from English seismic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine — in.

microseismicity (English): The state of being microseismic

Definitions

  1. The state of being microseismic

Ancestry of “microseismicity”, step by step

microseismicity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English seismicity

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishseismicityA measure or a degree of how seismic a region is,...
2EnglishseismicRelated to, or caused by an earthquake or other...
3English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
4EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
5Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
6Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
7Spanishimagenimage
8Italianimmagineimage; imago
9Latinimāginem
10Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
11Latinīn-un-, non-, not
12Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
13Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
14Proto-Italicenin
15Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English micro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmicroSmall, relatively small; short form of...
2Ancient Greekμικρόςlittle, small
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en
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