Where does “microtitrate” come from?

microtitrate (English) comes from English titrate, from French titrer, from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...

microtitrate (English): To perform a microtitration

Definitions

  1. To perform a microtitration

Ancestry of “microtitrate”, step by step

microtitrate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English titrate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtitrateTo ascertain the amount of a constituent in a...
2Frenchtitrerto title; to titrate
3French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
4Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
5Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...

via English micro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmicroSmall, relatively small; short form of...
2Ancient Greekμικρόςlittle, small
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Old French -ier