Where does “macrovesicle” come from?

macrovesicle (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.

macrovesicle (English): A vesicle in which a large amount of lipid has...

Definitions

  1. A vesicle in which a large amount of lipid has...

Ancestry of “macrovesicle”, step by step

macrovesicle 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 vesicle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvesicleA membrane-bound compartment found in a cell; A...
2Middle Frenchvesicule
3Latinvēsīculalittle bladder
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
5Proto-Italic-olos
6Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂ḱ-Every word from English macro-Every word from English macro