microinject

Meaningto throw in on a small scale

Common meaning: to inject into a single cell under a microscope

microlittle, smallLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 513 (approximate) · scan
inin, into; (before adjectives) not
jectto throw, hurlLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1009 · scan

‘little, small’ + ‘in, into’ + ‘to throw, hurl’ → microinject

Journey through time

Hybrid: Greek + Latin Its parts come from different languages; our sources do not record where they were first put together.

Neither part’s path through time is traced in our sources yet; each root is shown from its dictionary entry.

micro — Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós) “little, small” (dictionary form; path not traced)
ject — Latin iaciō (jaciō), iēcī, iactum “to throw, hurl” (dictionary form; path not traced)

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós) ‘little, small’ + Latin iaciō (jaciō) ‘to throw, hurl’.

Did you know (Microgravity, microinject, micromanage,…): our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry μικρός (mikrós), p. 513 · dictionary scan

Did you know (Latin jacere, "to…): our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry iaciō (jaciō), p. 1009 · dictionary scan

Roots

iaciō (jaciō), iēcī, iactum Latin “to throw, hurl”
μικρός (mikrós) Ancient Greek “little, small”

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