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- Proto-Indo-European*meh₂ḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*mh₂ḱrós
- Proto-Hellenic*makrós
- Ancient Greekμᾰκρός (măkrós)
- Frenchmacro-
- Englishmacro-
- Englishevolution
- English todaymacroevolution
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
macroevolution
Today it means: Large-scale patterns or processes in the history of life, including the origins of novel organism designs, evolutionary trends, adaptive radiations and extinctions. Full definition →
English evolution ← French macro- ← Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)