Where does “ultramicropore” come from?
ultramicropore (English) comes from English micropore, from English pore, from Middle English pore, from Old French pore, from Latin porus, from Ancient Greek πόρος, from Ancient Greek πείρω, from Proto-Hellenic *péryō.
ultramicropore (English): A pore having dimensions of the order of a...
Definitions
- A pore having dimensions of the order of a...
Ancestry of “ultramicropore”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | micropore | A microscopic pore |
| 2 | English | pore | A tiny opening in the skin; By extension any... |
| 3 | Middle English | pore | — |
| 4 | Old French | pore | pore |
| 5 | Latin | porus | pore, passage in the body; tufa |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πόρος | a means of passage, passageway, way, opening;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πείρω | I pierce, run through; I cleave through |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | *péryō | — |