Where does “picopipette” come from?
picopipette (English) comes from English pipette, from French pipette, from French pipe, from English pipe, from Middle English pīpe, from Middle English pipen, from Old English pīpian, from Proto-West Germanic pīpan — I pip, peep.
picopipette (English): A picoscale pipette
Definitions
- A picoscale pipette
Ancestry of “picopipette”, step by step
picopipette traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pipette
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pipette | A small tube, often with an enlargement or bulb... |
| 2 | French | pipette | pipette |
| 3 | French | pipe | tobacco pipe; blowjob; the pipe symbol |
| 4 | English | pipe | Meanings relating to a wind instrument; Meanings... |
| 5 | Middle English | pīpe | A pipe; a piece of tubing used as a channel (often for fluids) |
| 6 | Middle English | pipen | To use a pipe or similar musical instrument; to... |
| 7 | Old English | pīpian | to pipe |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | pīpan | to peep, to chirp, to squeak |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | pīpaną | To chirp or pipe like a bird or rodent; To talk... |
| 10 | Latin | pipo | I pip, peep |