English
macrohistory
From macro- + history.
Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‘to increase’
Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós ‘lean, meager’
Proto-Hellenic *makrós
Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’
English macro-
Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’
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Ancient Greek ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ ‘inquiry, learning through research’
Latin historia
Old French estoire ‘chronicle, history, story’
Middle English historie ‘a narrative, chronicle’
English history
Today it means
noun A form of large-scale history dealing with large groups of cultures over very long time periods.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / macrohistory