Etymograph

English

macromutation

From macro- + mutation.

Formed from macro- + mutation

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

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

Proto-Hellenic *makrós

Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’

English macro-

Latin mūtō

Latin mūtātiō ‘change, alteration’

Old French mutacion

Middle English mutacioun ‘alteration, change, modification’

English mutation

Today it means

noun A large-scale mutation.

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