English
macrodetritivore
From macro- + detritivore.
Formed from macro- + detritivore
Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‘to increase’
Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós ‘lean, meager’
Proto-Hellenic *makrós
Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’
English macro-
Latin terō ‘to rub’
Latin dēterō ‘to rub away, to rub off, to wear out’
Latin dētrītus ‘the act of rubbing away’
German Detritivore
English detritivore
Today it means
noun Any relatively large detritivore
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / macrodetritivore