English
macrocormic
Macrocormic comes from Ancient Greek κορμός ‘trunk (of a tree)’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-‘to cut’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kormósreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκορμόςkormós‘trunk (of a tree)’
- Englishtodaymacrocormic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)ker-‘to cut’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kormósreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκορμόςkormós‘trunk (of a tree)’
- Englishtodaymacrocormic
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to cut’
share, short, card, cancer, across, screen, cross, shirt, circle, score, circuit, curve, crucial, scare, circus, circulation, skirt, carnival, curb, scar, cancellation, shrine, scrutiny, circa, crest, shear, incarceration, shred, carnage, raffle, circulate, shrewd, scorpion, carcinoma, shard, coronary, carnal, cirque, corona, riddance, 119 more
Today it means
adj Having a long torso in relation to the length of the lower limbs.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- / macrocormic