Where does “ultramicrostructure” come from?
ultramicrostructure (English) comes from English microstructure, from English structure, from Middle French structure, from Latin structūra, from Latin struō, from Proto-Italic strowō, from Proto-Indo-European strew-, from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃- — sterile, infertile.
ultramicrostructure (English): microstructure as revealed by an ultramicroscope
Definitions
- microstructure as revealed by an ultramicroscope
Ancestry of “ultramicrostructure”, step by step
ultramicrostructure traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English microstructure
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | microstructure | The fine structure of a material or tissue as... |
| 2 | English | structure | A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts; The... |
| 3 | Middle French | structure | — |
| 4 | Latin | structūra | the practice or process of building, construction |
| 5 | Latin | struō | to place one thing on top of another, to pile up, join together |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | strowō | pile up; construct, build |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | strew- | to spread, to strew |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |