microwear

Questions

How do you pronounce microwear?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌwɛɹ/.

What does microwear mean?

Microscopic patterns of edge damage on stone tools, used to show how the tools were used.

Where does microwear come from?

Etymology tree English micro- Proto-Indo-European *wes- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *woséyeti Proto-Germanic *wazjaną Proto-West Germanic *waʀjan Old English werian Middle English weren English wear English microwear From micro- + wear.

How to pronounce microwear

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