Where does “microstepper” come from?

microstepper (English) comes from English stepper, from English step, from English stepchild, from Middle English stepchild, from Old English stēopċild, from Old English ċild, from Proto-Germanic kelþaz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵelt- — to swallow; swallow.

microstepper (English): A stepping motor capable of making microsteps

Definitions

  1. A stepping motor capable of making microsteps

Ancestry of “microstepper”, step by step

microstepper traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English stepper

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstepperA person or animal that steps, especially...
2EnglishstepAn advance or movement made from one foot to the...
3EnglishstepchildThe child of one's spouse but not one's own; A...
4Middle Englishstepchildstepchild child of a spouse
5Old Englishstēopċildstepchild
6Old Englishċildchild, youth; fetus; female baby; child
7Proto-Germanickelþazfetus; newborn; infant; child
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵelt-womb
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵel-to swallow; swallow

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 ǵel-