Etymology

macroglobulin

M3A1C3R1O1G2L1O1B3U1L1I1N1

Today it means: A plasma globulin of high molecular weight Full definition →

English globulin ← French globule ← Latin globulu
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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. Latinglobus
  8. Latinglobulu
  9. Frenchglobule
  10. Englishglobule
  11. Englishglobulin
  12. English todaymacroglobulin

From macro- + globulin.

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