English

macrofibril

From macro- + fibril.

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

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

Proto-Hellenic *makrós

Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’

Latin fibra ‘fibre, filament’

Latin fibrilla

Today it means

noun A relatively large fibril / fibre

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

Etymograph / macrofibril