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infinitesimal (adj.)
1710 (1650s as a noun), "infinitely small," from Modern Latin
infinitesimus
, from Latin
infinitus
"infinite" (see
infinite
) +
-esimus
, as in
centesimus
"hundredth." Related:
Infinitesimally
.