Where does “Ultraschallmikroskopie” come from?

Ultraschallmikroskopie (German) comes from German Mikroskopie, from German mikro-, from Ancient Greek μικρο-, from Ancient Greek μικρός, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

Ultraschallmikroskopie (German): acoustic microscopy

Definitions

  1. acoustic microscopy

Ancestry of “Ultraschallmikroskopie”, step by step

Ultraschallmikroskopie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Mikroskopie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMikroskopiemicroscopy
2Germanmikro-micro-
3Ancient Greekμικρο-micro
4Ancient Greekμικρόςlittle, small
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

via German Ultraschall

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanUltraschallultrasound
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy-