English

macronodule

From macro- + nodule.

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

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

Proto-Hellenic *makrós

Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’

Latin nōdus ‘knot’

Latin nōdulus ‘small knot’

Today it means

noun A relatively large nodule.

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

Etymograph / macronodule