English

macrocapsule

From macro- + capsule.

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

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

Proto-Hellenic *makrós

Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’

Proto-Indo-European *kap-

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Proto-Italic *kapsos

Latin capsa ‘box’

Latin capsula ‘diminutive of capsa’

French capsule

Today it means

noun A relatively large capsule (when compared to a microcapsule)

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

Etymograph / macrocapsule