English

macrocolony

From macro- + colony.

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

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

Proto-Hellenic *makrós

Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’

Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- ‘to turn’

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Latin colō ‘till, cultivate, worship’

Latin colōnus ‘farmer’

Latin colōnia

Middle English colane

Today it means

noun A relatively large-scale colony (of bacteria etc)

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

Etymograph / macrocolony