Where does “macroassembler” come from?
macroassembler (English) comes from English assembler, from English assemble, from French assemble, from French assembler, from Old French asembler, from Latin assimulō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
macroassembler (English): An assembler that supports user-defined macros
Definitions
- An assembler that supports user-defined macros
Ancestry of “macroassembler”, step by step
macroassembler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English assembler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | assembler | A program that reads source code written in... |
| 2 | English | assemble | To put together; To gather as a group; to... |
| 3 | French | assemble | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 4 | French | assembler | to assemble |
| 5 | Old French | asembler | to collect up; to get together |
| 6 | Latin | assimulō | to consider as similar, make similar, assimilate |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English macro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | macro | Very large in scope or scale; Clipping of... |
| 2 | English | macro- | large; long; inclusive |
| 3 | French | macro- | macro |
| 4 | Latin | macro- | large |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μακρός | long; tall, deep; far, distant |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | makros | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mh₂ḱrós | lean, meager |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₂ḱ- | to raise, increase; long |