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Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.?

Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós)

Ancient Greek μῑκρο- (mīkro-)lbor.

English micro-

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μῑκρο- (mīkro-), from μῑκρός (mīkrós, “small”). By surface analysis, micr- + -o-.

diminutive, morpheme Very small. Near-synonyms: (prefixes) mini-, nano- (loose sense); (suffixes) -cule, -ee, -el, -et, -ette, -icle, -ie, -kin, -le, -let, -ling, -ole, -ule, -y
morpheme One millionth. micro- + gram → microgram

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.?

Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós)

Ancient Greek μῑκρο- (mīkro-)lbor.

English micro-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tisder.

Proto-Italic *gnātiō

Latin nātiōbor.

Old French nacionbor.

Middle English nacioun

English nation

English micronationclip.

English micro-

Clipping of micronation.

morpheme Pertaining to an aspect of micronationalism; micronational. micro- + wiki → MicroWiki