Where does “microparticulă” come from?

microparticulă (Romanian) comes from French microparticule, from French particule, from Latin particula, from Latin pars, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

microparticulă (Romanian): microparticle

Definitions

  1. microparticle

Ancestry of “microparticulă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmicroparticulemicroparticle
2Frenchparticuleparticle
3Latinparticulasmall part, particle
4Latinparspart, side, piece, share; some; faction
5Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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