Where does “macropipette” come from?

macropipette (English) comes from English pipette, from French pipette, from French pipe, from English pipe, from Middle English pīpe, from Middle English pipen, from Old English pīpian, from Proto-West Germanic pīpan — I pip, peep.

macropipette (English): A relatively large pipette

Definitions

  1. A relatively large pipette

Ancestry of “macropipette”, step by step

macropipette traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English pipette

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpipetteA small tube, often with an enlargement or bulb...
2Frenchpipettepipette
3Frenchpipetobacco pipe; blowjob; the pipe symbol
4EnglishpipeMeanings relating to a wind instrument; Meanings...
5Middle EnglishpīpeA pipe; a piece of tubing used as a channel (often for fluids)
6Middle EnglishpipenTo use a pipe or similar musical instrument; to...
7Old Englishpīpianto pipe
8Proto-West Germanicpīpanto peep, to chirp, to squeak
9Proto-GermanicpīpanąTo chirp or pipe like a bird or rodent; To talk...
10LatinpipoI pip, peep

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 Latin pipo