English
macrobead
From macro- + bead.
Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‘to increase’
Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós ‘lean, meager’
Proto-Hellenic *makrós
Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’
English macro-
Proto-Germanic *bedą ‘prayer, entreaty’
Proto-West Germanic *bed ‘prayer’
Proto-West Germanic *gabed ‘prayer’
Old English ġebed ‘prayer’
Middle English bede ‘a prayer’
English bead
Today it means
noun A spherical agglomeration of cells
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / macrobead