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- Proto-Indo-European*meh₂ḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*mh₂ḱrós
- Proto-Hellenic*makrós
- Ancient Greekμᾰκρός (măkrós)
- Frenchmacro-
- Englishmacro-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂en-
- Proto-Hellenic*aná
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ)
- Ancient Greekἀνα- (ana-)
- Proto-Indo-European*temh₁-
- Ancient Greekτέμνω (témnō)
- Ancient Greekἀνατέμνω (anatémnō)
- Ancient Greekἀνατομή (anatomḗ)
- Latinanatomia
- Frenchanatomie
- Frenchanatomique
- Latinanatomicus
- Englishanatomic
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishanatomical
- Englishmacro-
- Latinanatomia
- Old Frenchanatomie
- Middle Englishanatomie
- Englishanatomy
- Englishmacroanatomy
- English todaymacroanatomical
From macro- + anatomical or macroanatomy + -ical.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.