Etymology

macroanatomic

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English macroanatomy ← Middle English anatomie ← Old French anatomie
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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*h₂en-
  8. Proto-Hellenic*aná
  9. Ancient Greekᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ)
  10. Ancient Greekἀνα- (ana-)
  11. Proto-Indo-European*temh₁-
  12. Ancient Greekτέμνω (témnō)
  13. Ancient Greekἀνατέμνω (anatémnō)
  14. Ancient Greekἀνατομή (anatomḗ)
  15. Latinanatomia
  16. Frenchanatomie
  17. Frenchanatomique
  18. Latinanatomicus
  19. Englishanatomic
  20. Englishmacro-
  21. Latinanatomia
  22. Old Frenchanatomie
  23. Middle Englishanatomie
  24. Englishanatomy
  25. Englishmacroanatomy
  26. English todaymacroanatomic

From macro- + anatomic or macroanatomy + -ic.

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