English

macroherbivore

From macro- + herbivore.

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

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

Proto-Hellenic *makrós

Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’

Latin herba ‘plant’

Latin herbivorus ‘herbivorous, plant-eating’

French herbivore ‘herbivorous’

Today it means

noun Any large herbivore (over approximately 500 kilograms in weight)

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

Etymograph / macroherbivore