The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμακρός“great, long”
- Medieval Latin · derived frommacrocosmus
- Old French · derived frommacrocosme
- Middle French · borrowed frommacrocosme
- English todaymacrocosm
From Middle French macrocosme (from Old French macrocosme) and Medieval Latin macrocosmus, formed from Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “great, long”) + κόσμος (kósmos, “universe, order”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμακρός all →
macromacrocephalicmacromastiamacromastic
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.