English

macrocomplex

From macro- + complex.

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

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

Proto-Hellenic *makrós

Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’

Latin plectō ‘to weave, braid’

Latin complector ‘to entwine, encircle’

Latin complexus

French complexe ‘complex’

Today it means

noun A relatively large complex

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

Etymograph / macrocomplex