Etymology

macrocyte

M3A1C3R1O1C3Y4T1E1

Today it means: an unusually large red blood cell that is associated with pernicious anemia Full definition →

Latin cyta ← Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos) ← English macro-
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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. Ancient Greekκῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)
  8. Latincyta
  9. English todaymacrocyte

From macro- + -cyte.

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