Etymograph

English

macrocolumn

From macro- + column.

Formed from macro- + column

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

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

Proto-Hellenic *makrós

Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’

English macro-

Proto-Indo-European *kelH- ‘to rise, be tall’

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Latin culmen ‘a pillar, top, crown, summit’

Latin columna ‘a column, pillar, post’

Old French columne

Middle English columne

English column

Today it means

noun A relatively large-scale column

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

Etymograph / macrocolumn