English
macrofossil
From macro- + fossil.
Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‘to increase’
Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós ‘lean, meager’
Proto-Hellenic *makrós
Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’
English macro-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂- ‘to dig, burrow’
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Proto-Italic *foðjō ‘to pierce’
Latin fodio ‘to dig up’
Latin fossilis ‘something which has been dug up’
French fossile
English fossil
Today it means
noun Any fossil large enough to be examined without a microscope.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / macrofossil