Where does “microsiphon” come from?

microsiphon (English) comes from English siphon, from Middle French siphon, from Old French sifon, from Latin sīphō, from Ancient Greek σίφων — tube, pipe; siphon, used for drawing wine out of...

microsiphon (English): A very small siphon

Definitions

  1. A very small siphon

Ancestry of “microsiphon”, step by step

microsiphon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English siphon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsiphonA bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the...
2Middle Frenchsiphon—
3Old Frenchsifon—
4Latinsīphōa siphon or tube
5Ancient Greekσίφωνtube, pipe; siphon, used for drawing wine out of...

via English micro

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