Etymograph

English

Macrohard

From macro- + hard.

Formed from macro- + hard

Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‘to increase’

Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós ‘lean, meager’

Proto-Hellenic *makrós

Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’

English macro-

Proto-Germanic *harduz

Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī)

Old English heard ‘hard’

Middle English hard

English hard

The story

Constructed through the use of antonymic elements of the company’s name.

Today it means

name Microsoft.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Macrohard