macro

macro · adjective, noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*meh₂ḱ-
2. Proto-Indo-European*mh₂ḱrós
3. Proto-Hellenic*makrós
4. Ancient Greekμᾰκρός (măkrós)
5. Frenchmacro-
6. Englishmacro-
7. English todaymacro

From macro-, from French, from Latin, ulimately from Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “long”).

macro · noun, verb²

1. Proto-Indo-European*meh₂ḱ-
2. Proto-Indo-European*mh₂ḱrós
3. Proto-Hellenic*makrós
4. Ancient Greekμᾰκρός (măkrós)
5. Frenchmacro-
6. Englishmacro-
7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
8. Proto-Italic*en
9. Proto-Italic*en-
10. Latinin-
11. Proto-Indo-European*ster-
12. Proto-Indo-European*sterh₃-
13. Proto-Indo-European*strew-
14. Proto-Indo-European*stréweti
15. Proto-Italic*strowō
16. Latinstruō
17. Latinīnstruō
18. Latinīnstrūctiō
19. Old Frenchinstruccion
20. Middle Englishinstruccioun
21. Englishinstruction
22. Englishmacroinstructionclip.
23. English todaymacro

Clipping of macroinstruction. First attested in 1959.

Words from the same roots