English

macrocosm

Macrocosm comes from Old French macrocosme.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of μακρός ‘great, long’ + κόσμος ‘universe, order’

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

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

Proto-Hellenic *makrós

Ancient Greek μακρός ‘great, long’

Proto-Indo-European *ḱens- ‘to announce, put in order’

Proto-Indo-European *ḱónsmos

Proto-Hellenic *kónsmos

Ancient Greek κόσμος ‘universe, order’

Every English word from Old French macrocosme

noun A complex structure, such as a society, considered as a single entity that contains numerous similar, smaller-scale structures.

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