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Where does “sub-micronique” come from?

sub-micronique (French) comes from French micronique, from French -ique, from Middle French -ique, from Old French -ique, from Latin -icus, from Proto-Italic *-ikos.

sub-micronique (French): submicronic

Definitions

  1. submicronic

Ancestry of “sub-micronique”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmicroniquemicronic
2French-iqueUsed to form adjectives from nouns: -ic, -ical,...
3Middle French-ique—
4Old French-ique-ic
5Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
6Proto-Italic*-ikos—
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