Where does “mikrokredit” come from?

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

mikrokredit (Swedish): microcredit, microloan

Definitions

  1. microcredit, microloan

Ancestry of “mikrokredit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishmikro-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- →