Where does “mikroelektroniikka” come from?
mikroelektroniikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish elektroniikka, from English electronics, from English -ics, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen — in.
mikroelektroniikka (Finnish): microelectronics
Definitions
- microelectronics
Ancestry of “mikroelektroniikka”, step by step
mikroelektroniikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish elektroniikka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | elektroniikka | electronics |
| 2 | English | electronics | The study and use of electrical devices that... |
| 3 | English | -ics | Forms nouns referring to fields of knowledge or... |
| 4 | English | -ic | Used to form adjectives from nouns with the... |
| 5 | English | image | An optical or other representation of a real... |
| 6 | French | image | picture, image; frame; first-person singular... |
| 7 | Portuguese | imagem | image; picture; figure; image; image; face |
| 8 | Spanish | imagen | image |
| 9 | Italian | immagine | image; imago |
| 10 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 11 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 12 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 13 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 14 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Finnish mikro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mikro | microwave, microwave oven; microcomputer |
| 2 | Finnish | mikroaaltouuni | A microwave oven |
| 3 | English | microwave oven | An oven that uses microwave-frequency energy to heat food or other items placed within it |