English

microscale

From micro- + scale.

A compound of micro- + scale

Ancient Greek μῑκρός ‘small’

Proto-Indo-European *skend- ‘to jump up, ascend’

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh₂

Proto-Italic *skand-slā

Latin scāla ‘ladder; stairs’

Middle English scale ‘ladder’

English scale

Today it means

noun A very small or microscopic scale.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / microscale