Where does “macrosociolinguistics” come from?
macrosociolinguistics (English) comes from English sociolinguistics, from English linguistics, from English -ics, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen — in.
macrosociolinguistics (English): sociolinguistics dealing with relatively large...
Definitions
- sociolinguistics dealing with relatively large...
Ancestry of “macrosociolinguistics”, step by step
macrosociolinguistics traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sociolinguistics
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sociolinguistics | The study of social and cultural effects on... |
| 2 | English | linguistics | The scientific study of language |
| 3 | English | -ics | Forms nouns referring to fields of knowledge or... |
| 4 | English | -ic | Used to form adjectives from nouns with the... |
| 5 | English | image | An optical or other representation of a real... |
| 6 | French | image | picture, image; frame; first-person singular... |
| 7 | Portuguese | imagem | image; picture; figure; image; image; face |
| 8 | Spanish | imagen | image |
| 9 | Italian | immagine | image; imago |
| 10 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 11 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 12 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 13 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 14 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 16 | 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 |