English
macroecology
From macro- + ecology.
A compound of macro- + ecology
Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‘to increase’
Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós ‘lean, meager’
Proto-Hellenic *makrós
Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’
English macro-
Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- ‘to enter in, settle’
Proto-Indo-European *wóyḱos ‘settlement’
Proto-Hellenic *wóikos ‘a settlement’
Ancient Greek οἶκος ‘house’
English ecology
Today it means
noun The study of spatially large ecosystems
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / macroecology