mica
Italian (Fiorentino)
/ˈmi.ka/
noun
Definitions
- (archaic) breadcrumb
- (by extension) bit, morsel
Etymology
Inherited from Latin mīca (crumb, morsel, grain, bit) inherited from Proto-Italic *smīkā derived from Proto-Indo-European *smeyg- (thin, small, delicate).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*smeyg-
Gloss
thin, small, delicate
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
小
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mica English
- micaceous English
- *mica Latin
- *micca Latin
- *mīcācula Latin
- mica Latin
- micella Latin
- micidus Latin
- mīca Latin
- mīcha Latin
- nemīca Latin
- micaceo Italian
- micella Italian
- mica French
- micelle French
- mica Spanish, Castilian
- *smeyg- Proto-Indo-European
- mica Portuguese
- micela Portuguese
- mie Old French
- mica Galician
- miga Galician
- dumica Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- nimic Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- nimici Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- miga Old Portuguese
- dinjic Aromanian
- Miigge Alemannic German
- *smīkā Proto-Italic
- miga Old Spanish