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Where does “multimicrogrid” come from?

multimicrogrid (English) comes from English microgrid, from English grid, from English griddle, from Middle English gridil, from Anglo-Norman gredil, from Old French greïl, from Old French graïlle, from Occitan gralha.

multimicrogrid (English): Having multiple microgrids

Definitions

  1. Having multiple microgrids

Ancestry of “multimicrogrid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmicrogridA very small grid, especially a small power...
2EnglishgridA rectangular array of squares or rectangles of...
3EnglishgriddleA stone or metal flat plate or surface on which...
4Middle Englishgridil—
5Anglo-NormangredilAlternative form of greil
6Old Frenchgreïl—
7Old Frenchgraïllegrate, grating
8Occitangralhacrow
9Vulgar Latingracla—
10Latingrācula—
11Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
12Proto-Italic-ā—
13Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
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