Where does “ultraminiaturization” come from?
ultraminiaturization (English) comes from English miniaturization, from English -ization, from English -ation, from Middle English -acioun, from Old French -ation, from Latin -ātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
ultraminiaturization (English): Reduction to ultraminiature size
Definitions
- Reduction to ultraminiature size
Ancestry of “ultraminiaturization”, step by step
ultraminiaturization traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English miniaturization
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | miniaturization | The act or process of miniaturizing or making... |
| 2 | English | -ization | A suffix forming nouns denoting the act, process,... |
| 3 | English | -ation | An action or process; The result of an action or... |
| 4 | Middle English | -acioun | Forms nouns denoting an action, act, or doing,... |
| 5 | Old French | -ation | ation |
| 6 | Latin | -ātiō | — |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |