Where does “mikrobioloģija” come from?

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

mikrobioloģija (Latvian): microbiology

Definitions

  1. microbiology

Ancestry of “mikrobioloģija”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianmikro-micro-
2Ancient Greekμικρο-micro
3Ancient Greekμικρόςlittle, small
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Ancient Greek μικρός →Every word from Ancient Greek μικρο- →