English
macrocarrier
From macro- + carrier.
Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‘to increase’
Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós ‘lean, meager’
Proto-Hellenic *makrós
Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’
English macro-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- ‘to run’
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Latin carrus ‘four-wheeled baggage wagon’
Anglo-Norman carier
Middle English carien ‘to transport’
Middle English cariere
English carrier
Today it means
noun The structure that contains the microparticles in a gene gun
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / macrocarrier