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Where does “microspike” come from?

microspike (English) comes from English Spike, from Middle Dutch spīker, from Old Dutch spīkāri, from Proto-West Germanic spīkārī, from Latin spicarium, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om.

microspike (English): A microscopic spike

Definitions

  1. A microscopic spike

Ancestry of “microspike”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSpike—
2Middle Dutchspīker—
3Old Dutchspīkāri—
4Proto-West Germanicspīkārīgranary
5Latinspicarium—
6Latin-ārium—
7Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
8Proto-Italic*-om—
9Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—
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