English
macroevolutionmacroevolution
From macro- + evolution.
A compound of macro- + evolution
Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‘to increase’
Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós ‘lean, meager’
Proto-Hellenic *makrós
Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’
English macro-
Latin volvō ‘to roll’
Latin ēvolvō ‘to unroll, unfold’
Latin ēvolūtus ‘unrolled’
Latin ēvolūtiō ‘unrolling (of a book)’
English evolution
Today it means
noun Large-scale patterns or processes in the history of life, including the origins of novel organism designs, evolutionary trends, adaptive radiations and extinctions.
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Etymograph / macroevolution
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