English
macrodissection
From macro- + dissection.
Formed from macro- + dissection
Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‘to increase’
Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós ‘lean, meager’
Proto-Hellenic *makrós
Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’
English macro-
Proto-Indo-European *sek- ‘to cut, cut off, sever’
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Proto-Italic *sekaō ‘to cut’
Latin secō ‘to cut, cut off’
Latin dissecō ‘to dissect, dismember’
Latin dissectio
English dissection
Today it means
noun dissection without the use of microscopes
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / macrodissection