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Michaelmas [Michaelmas 词源字典]: early 12c., Sanct Micheles mæsse, the feast of St. Michael (Sept. 29, an English quarter-day), from Michael + mass (n.2). Goose is the day's traditional fare since at least 15c.[Michaelmas etymology, Michaelmas origin, 英语词源]
Michelin: type of tires, 1902, from French motor vehicle manufacturers André (1853-1931) and Édouard (1859-1940) Michelin, who first made the tires.
Michigan: name originally applied to the lake, perhaps from Old Ojibwa (Algonquian) *meshi-gami "big lake." The spelling is French. Organized as a U.S. territory 1805, admitted as a state 1837. A resident might be a Michigander (1848) or a Michiganian (1813).
mick (n.): derogatory slang for "Irishman," 1856, from nickname of common Irish name Michael (q.v.).
mickey (n.): short for Mickey Finn, 1938.
Mickey Finn: "strong drink, drink laced with chloral hydrate," by 1928 (perhaps 1890s), of unknown origin. Presumably named after someone, but the various stories about the name cannot be substantiated.
Mickey Mouse: cartoon mouse character created 1928 by U.S. animator Walt Disney (1901-1966). As an adjective meaning "small and worthless" it dates from 1936, originally used especially of mediocre dance-band music, a put-down based on the type of tunes played as background in cartoon films.
mickle (adj.): dialectal survival of Old English micel, mycel "great, intense, big, long, much, many," from Proto-Germanic *mekilaz (cognates: Old Saxon mikil, Old Norse mikill, Old High German mihhil, Gothic mikils), from PIE root *meg- "great, large" (cognates: Armenian mets "great;" Sanskrit mahat- "great, mazah- "greatness;" Avestan mazant- "great;" Hittite mekkish "great, large;" Greek megas "great, large;" Latin magnus "great, large, much, abundant," major "greater," maximus "greatest;" Middle Irish mag, maignech "great, large;" M.Welsh meith "long, great"). Its main modern form is much (q.v.). Related: Mickleness.
Micmac: Algonquian tribe of the Canadian Maritimes and Newfoundland, by 1776, from mi:kemaw, a native name said to mean literally "allies."
micro-: word-forming element meaning "small, microscopic; magnifying; one millionth," from Latinized comb. form of Greek mikros "small, little, petty, trivial, slight" (see mica).
micro-organism (n.): also microorganism, 1855, from micro- + organism.
microbe (n.): popular name for a bacterium, 1878, from French microbe, "badly coined ... by Sédillot" [Weekley] in 1878 from Greek mikros "small" (see mica) + bios "life" (see bio-). It is an incorrect use of bios; in Greek the word would mean literally "short-lived."
microbial (adj.): 1879, from Modern Latin microbion (see microbe) + -al (1).
microbiologist (n.): 1882, from microbiology + -ist.
microbiology (n.): 1880, coined in English from micro- + biology. Related: Microbiological.
microcephalic (adj.): "small-headed," 1845, from French microcéphalique, from Modern Latin microcephalus, from Greek mikros "small" (see mica) + kephale "head" (see cephalo-). Related: Microcephalism; microcephalous (1840); microcephaly (n.).
microchip (n.): "integrated circuit," 1975, from micro- + chip (n.1).
microcircuit (n.): 1959, from micro- + circuit (n.). Related: Microcircuitry.
microclimate (n.): 1918, from micro- + climate. Related: Microclimatology.
microcomputer (n.): 1971, from micro- + computer.