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Microlino Spiaggina Portofino Blue at the Paris Motor Show 2024. Microlino Lite is a compact vehicle designed for urban commuting, with a top speed of 45 km/h. It is classified as an L6e quadricycle, which allows it to be driven with an AM driver's license, making it accessible to individuals as young as 14 in some regions.
Micro Mobility Systems Ltd, known as Micro, is a Swiss company that produces urban vehicles such as kickscooters and the Microlino, a small electric car which was first presented at the Geneva Motor Show in 2016. In the United States, Micro's products are sold under the brand "Micro Kickboard" for trademark reasons. The company holds several ...
The name Isetta is the Italian diminutive form of Iso, meaning "little Iso". [a] Because of its egg shape and bubble-like windows, it became known as a bubble car, a name also given to other similar vehicles. [8] In 1955, the BMW Isetta became the world's first mass-production car to achieve a fuel consumption of 3 l/100 km (94 mpg ‑imp; 78 ...
The original Micro Mobility Systems (MMS) Microlino electric vehicle never made it to series production, but the car is already getting a second generation. Set to debut at the 2020 Geneva Motor ...
Faggot: The origin of the slur usage of the word "faggot" (originally referring to a bundle of firewood) may be from the term for women used in a similar way to "baggage", i.e. something heavy to be dealt with. The usage may also have been influenced by the British term "fag", meaning a younger schoolboy who acts as an older schoolboy's servant ...
See English language word origins and List of English words of French origin. Although English is a Germanic language, it has a deep connection to Romance languages. The roots of this connection trace back to the Conquest of England by the Normans in 1066.
Shakespeare introduced a lot of Italian or Latin words into the English language. Assassin and assassination derive from the word hashshashin (Arabic: حشّاشين, ħashshāshīyīn , also hashishin , hashashiyyin , means Assassins), and shares its etymological roots with hashish.
This is a list of English words inherited and derived directly from the Old English stage of the language. This list also includes neologisms formed from Old English roots and/or particles in later forms of English, and words borrowed into other languages (e.g. French, Anglo-French, etc.) then borrowed back into English (e.g. bateau, chiffon, gourmet, nordic, etc.).