Etymology

macroanatomy

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Today it means: Synonym of gross anatomy. Full definition →

English anatomy ← Middle English anatomie ← Old French anatomie
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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*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. Old Frenchanatomie
  17. Middle Englishanatomie
  18. Englishanatomy
  19. English todaymacroanatomy

From macro- + anatomy.

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