Etymology

macrocavern

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Today it means: A large rock cavity or cave, often enough to be accessed by people. Full definition →

English cavern ← French macro- ← Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)
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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. Englishcavern
  8. English todaymacrocavern

From macro- + cavern.

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