English
macroetch
From macro- + etch.
Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‘to increase’
Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós ‘lean, meager’
Proto-Hellenic *makrós
Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’
English macro-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- ‘to eat’
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Proto-Germanic *atjaną ‘to cause/allow to eat, feed (an animal)’
Old High German azzon ‘to cause to bite or feed’
German ätzen ‘to etch’
Dutch etsen ‘to etch’
English etch
Today it means
verb To etch on a relatively large scale.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / macroetch