Where does “microtrepan” come from?

microtrepan (English) comes from English trepan, from Old French trepan, from Latin trepanum, from Ancient Greek τρύπανον, from Ancient Greek τρυπάω — to bore, drill.

microtrepan (English): A very small trepan

Definitions

  1. A very small trepan

Ancestry of “microtrepan”, step by step

microtrepan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English trepan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtrepanA tool used to bore through rock when sinking...
2Old Frenchtrepan—
3Latintrepanuma drill
4Ancient Greekτρύπανονborer, auger, rotated by a thong; trepan, a...
5Ancient Greekτρυπάωto bore, drill

via English micro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmicroSmall, relatively small; short form of...
2Ancient Greekμικρόςlittle, small
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Ancient Greek τρυπάω →Every word from Ancient Greek τρύπανον →Every word from Latin trepanum →