Etymology

macroaggression

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Today it means: Large-scale or overt aggression toward those of a certain race, culture, gender, etc., contrasted with microaggression. Full definition →

English aggression ← Middle French aggression ← Latin aggressiō
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The story

  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*h₂éd
  8. Proto-Italic*ad
  9. Proto-Italic*ad-
  10. Latinad-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*gʰredʰ-
  12. Latingradior
  13. Latinaggredior
  14. Latinaggressiō
  15. Middle Frenchaggression
  16. Englishaggression
  17. English todaymacroaggression

From macro- + aggression.

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