Where does “mike” come from?

Mike is a diminutive of Michael, ultimately derived from Hebrew mikha'el meaning "who is like God," with the shortened form appearing in English since at least the 19th century.

mike (English): A microphone; To microphone; to place one or more...

Definitions

  1. A microphone; To microphone; to place one or more...

Ancestry of “mike”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmicAlternative form of mike
2EnglishmicrofaradOne millionth of a farad, abbreviated as µF
3Englishmicro-API; Very small; One millionth
4Ancient Greekμικρο-micro
5Ancient Greekμικρόςlittle, small
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy-
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