Etymology

macrostep

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Today it means: A relatively large steplike deformation in the structure of a crystal. Full definition →

English step ← Middle English steppen ← Old English stæppan
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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. Proto-Germanic*stapjaną
  8. Proto-West Germanic*stappjan
  9. Old Englishstæppan
  10. Middle Englishsteppen
  11. Englishstep
  12. English todaymacrostep

From macro- + step.

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