English
macrofracture
From macro- + fracture.
Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‘to increase’
Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós ‘lean, meager’
Proto-Hellenic *makrós
Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’
English macro-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- ‘to break’
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Latin frāctūrus ‘about to break or shatter (something)’
Latin frāctūra ‘a breach, fracture, cleft’
Old French fracture
Middle English fracture
English fracture
Today it means
noun A relatively large-scale fracture
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / macrofracture