Etymology

macro-fiction

Today it means: Fiction that has a greater than normal length Full definition →

English fiction ← Middle English ficcioun ← Old French ficcion
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  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*dʰeyǵʰ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dʰinéǵʰti
  9. Proto-Italic*θingō
  10. Proto-Italic*fingō
  11. Latinfingō
  12. Latinfictiō
  13. Old Frenchficcion
  14. Middle Englishficcioun
  15. Englishfiction
  16. English todaymacro-fiction

From macro- + fiction, by extension from micro-fiction.

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