Where does “macromolécule” come from?

macromolécule (French) comes 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.

macromolécule (French): macromolecule

Definitions

  1. macromolecule

Ancestry of “macromolécule”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmacro-macro
2Latinmacro-large
3Ancient Greekμακρόςlong; tall, deep; far, distant
4Proto-Italicmakros—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmh₂ḱróslean, meager
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂ḱ-to raise, increase; long

Words derived from “macromolécule”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂ḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mh₂ḱrós →Every word from Proto-Italic makros →