Where does “microtissue” come from?

microtissue (English) comes from English tissue, from Middle English tissu, from Old French tissu, from Old French tistre, from Latin texere, from Proto-Italic teksō, from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- — to sire, beget.

microtissue (English): microscale tissue

Definitions

  1. microscale tissue

Ancestry of “microtissue”, step by step

microtissue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tissue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtissueThin, woven, gauze-like fabric; A fine...
2Middle Englishtissutissue silk fabric
3Old Frenchtissu
4Old FrenchtistreAlternative form of tissir
5Latintexeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6Proto-Italicteksō
7Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget

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 teḱ-