Etymograph

English

macrodiagonal

From macro- + diagonal.

A compound of macro- + diagonal

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

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

Proto-Hellenic *makrós

Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’

English macro-

Ancient Greek διαγώνιος ‘from angle to angle’

Latin diagōnālis

Middle French diagonal

English diagonal

Today it means

noun The longer of two diagonals, as of a rhombic prism.

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Etymograph / macrodiagonal