Etymology

macroturbulence

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Today it means: Turbulence on a large scale. Full definition →

English turbulence ← 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. Englishturbulence
  8. English todaymacroturbulence

From macro- + turbulence.

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