Etymology

macrofamily

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Today it means: A grouping of two or more language families that share some relationship Full definition →

English family ← 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. Englishfamily
  8. English todaymacrofamily

From macro- + family.

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