Where does “macromoment” come from?

macromoment (English) comes from English macro, from English macro-, from French macro-, from Latin macro-, from Ancient Greek μακρός, from Proto-Italic makros, from Proto-Indo-European mh₂ḱrós, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂ḱ- — to raise, increase; long.

macromoment (English): A broad, high-level episode or turning point in a process, experience, or narrative

Definitions

  1. A broad, high-level episode or turning point in a process, experience, or narrative

Ancestry of “macromoment”, step by step

macromoment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via English moment

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmomentA brief, unspecified amount of time; The smallest...
2Middle Englishmoment
3Old Frenchmoment
4Latinmōmentummovement, motion, impulse; course
5Latinmōvimentummovement
6Latin-mentuminstrument, medium, or result of; e.g....
7Latin-mentanominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural...
8Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
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