microfossil

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.?

Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós)

Ancient Greek μῑκρο- (mīkro-)lbor.

English micro-

Latin foss-

Proto-Indo-European *-elis

Proto-Italic *-elis

Latin -ilis

Latin fossilislbor.

French fossileder.

English fossil

English microfossil

From micro- + fossil.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒsəl

Noun

microfossil (plural microfossils)

1. A microscopic fossil.

Translations

microscopic fossil

• Catalan: microfòssil m
• Dutch: microfossiel n
• French: microfossile (fr) m
• German: Mikrofossil (de) n
• Indonesian: mikrofosil
• Italian: microfossile m
• Portuguese: microfóssil m
• Russian: микроокамене́лость (ru) f (mikrookamenélostʹ)
• Spanish: microfósil m
• Swedish: mikrofossil n

See also

• mesofossil
• micropaleontology