Where does “macroinitiator” come from?

macroinitiator (English) comes from English initiator, from Latin initiator, from Latin initiō, from Latin initium, from Latin inire, from Latin īre, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō — to go.

macroinitiator (English): Any macromonomer that initiates a polymerization...

Definitions

  1. Any macromonomer that initiates a polymerization...

Ancestry of “macroinitiator”, step by step

macroinitiator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English initiator

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinitiatorOne who initiates; A substance that initiates a...
2Latininitiatorsecond-person singular future passive imperative...
3Latininitiōto begin, originate
4Latininitiumbeginning, start; rites, mysteries
5Latininirepresent active infinitive of ineō; to go in,...
6Latinīre
7Proto-ItalicI go
8Proto-Italicejō
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

via English macro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmacroVery large in scope or scale; Clipping of...
2Englishmacro-large; long; inclusive
3Frenchmacro-macro
4Latinmacro-large
5Ancient Greekμακρόςlong; tall, deep; far, distant
6Proto-Italicmakros
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmh₂ḱróslean, meager
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂ḱ-to raise, increase; long
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éytiEvery word from Proto-Italic ejō