Where does “microvitreoretinal” come from?

microvitreoretinal (English) comes from English vitreoretinal, from English retinal, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل — kohl, antimony paste.

microvitreoretinal (English): Describing vitreoretinal microsurgery

Definitions

  1. Describing vitreoretinal microsurgery

Ancestry of “microvitreoretinal”, step by step

microvitreoretinal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English vitreoretinal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvitreoretinalOf or pertaining to the vitreous humour and the...
2EnglishretinalOf or pertaining to the retina; One of several...
3English-álOf or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also
4EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
5GermanAldehydaldehyde
6Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
7Andalusian Arabicكُحُول
8Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
9Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
10Akkadianguḫlumkohl, antimony paste

via English micro

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