English

macroblock

From macro- + block.

A compound of macro- + block

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

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

Proto-Hellenic *makrós

Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’

Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- ‘thick plank’

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Old Dutch *blok ‘log’

Middle Dutch blok ‘treetrunk’

Old French bloc ‘log’

Middle English blok ‘log’

English block

Today it means

noun A block of adjacent pixels, typically a rectangular 16×16 block

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

Etymograph / macroblock