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Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.?

Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós)

Ancient Greek μῑκρο- (mīkro-)lbor.

English micro-

Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *pérh₃tis?

Proto-Italic *partis

Latin pars

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-e-lós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Proto-Italic *-kelos

Latin -cula

Latin particula

Middle French particule

English particle

English microparticle

From micro- + particle.

Noun

microparticle (plural microparticles)

1. An extremely small particle.

Derived terms

• submicroparticle

Translations

extremely small particle

• Polish: mikrocząstka (pl) f
• Russian: микрочасти́ца (ru) f (mikročastíca)
• Ukrainian: мікрочасти́нка f (mikročastýnka)