English

macrodrainage

From macro- + drainage.

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

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

Proto-Hellenic *makrós

Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’

Proto-Germanic *draugiz ‘hard, solid’

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Proto-West Germanic *drauhnōn

Old English drēahnian ‘to drain’

Middle English *dreinen

English drain

Today it means

noun Large-scale drainage.

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

Etymograph / macrodrainage