English

macroarray

From macro- + array.

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

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

Proto-Hellenic *makrós

Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’

Anglo-Norman arraier

Middle English arrayen

English array

Today it means

noun A large array, especially one of DNA probes that is used in genetic analysis.

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Etymograph / macroarray