Etymograph

English

macroconsumer

From macro- + consumer.

Formed from macro- + consumer

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

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

Proto-Hellenic *makrós

Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’

English macro-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- ‘to take’

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Latin cōnsūmō ‘to take wholly or completely’

Old French consumer

Middle English consumen

English consume

English consumer

Today it means

noun A relatively large heterotrophic consumer

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

Etymograph / macroconsumer