Etymograph

English

macrometer

From macro- + -meter.

Formed from macro + meter

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

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

Proto-Hellenic *makrós

Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’

English macro

Middle English metere ‘one who measures, measurer’

English meter

Today it means

noun An instrument for determining the size or distance of remote terrestrial objects by means of two reflectors mounted on a common sextant.

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Etymograph / macrometer