Etymology

macroeconomic

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Today it means: Relating to macroeconomics. Full definition →

English economic ← Middle English economike, iconomique ← Old French iconomike
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  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*weyḱ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*wóyḱos
  9. Proto-Hellenic*wóikos
  10. Ancient Greekϝοῖκος (woîkos)
  11. Ancient Greekοἶκος (oîkos)
  12. Proto-Indo-European*nem-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*németi
  14. Proto-Hellenic*némō
  15. Ancient Greekνέμω (némō)
  16. Ancient Greekνόμος (nómos)
  17. Ancient Greekοἰκονόμος (oikonómos)
  18. Ancient Greekοἰκονομικός (oikonomikós)
  19. Latinoeconomicus
  20. Old Frenchiconomike
  21. Middle Englishiconomique
  22. Middle Englisheconomike, iconomique
  23. Englisheconomic
  24. English todaymacroeconomic

From macro- + economic.

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