English
macrocarnivorous
From macro- + carnivorous.
Formed from macro- + carnivorous
Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‘to increase’
Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós ‘lean, meager’
Proto-Hellenic *makrós
Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’
English macro-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut off, sever’
Proto-Italic *karō ‘meat’
Latin carō ‘meat, flesh’
Latin carnivorus ‘flesh-eating’
English carnivorous
Today it means
adj Relating to macrocarnivores
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / macrocarnivorous