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Where does “macritudo” come from?

macritudo (Latin) comes from Latin Macer, from Proto-Italic makros, from Proto-Indo-European mh₂ḱrós, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂ḱ- — to raise, increase; long.

macritudo (Latin): leanness, thinness, skinniness; meagreness

Definitions

  1. leanness, thinness, skinniness; meagreness

Ancestry of “macritudo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinMacer—
2Proto-Italicmakros—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmh₂ḱróslean, meager
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂ḱ-to raise, increase; long
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