Etymology

macrofossil

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Today it means: Any fossil large enough to be examined without a microscope. Full definition →

English fossil ← French fossile ← Latin fossili
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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. Latinfoss-
  8. Latinfossili
  9. Frenchfossile
  10. Englishfossil
  11. English todaymacrofossil

From macro- + fossil.

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