Etymograph

English

macrodispersion

From macro- + dispersion.

A compound of macro- + dispersion

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

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

Proto-Hellenic *makrós

Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’

English macro-

Latin spargō ‘to scatter, strew, sprinkle, sparkle’

Latin dispergō ‘to scatter (about) or disperse’

Latin dispersiō ‘scattering, dispersion’

Old French dispersion

Middle English dispersioun

English dispersion

Today it means

noun A dispersion in which the dispersed phase consists of relative large particles

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

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