Where does “macro-” come from?

macro- (French) comes 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.

macro- (French): macro

Definitions

  1. macro

Ancestry of “macro-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmacro-large
2Ancient Greekμακρόςlong; tall, deep; far, distant
3Proto-Italicmakros
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmh₂ḱróslean, meager
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂ḱ-to raise, increase; long

Words derived from “macro-

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂ḱ-