English
macronutrition
From macro- + nutrition.
Formed from macro- + nutrition
Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‘to increase’
Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós ‘lean, meager’
Proto-Hellenic *makrós
Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’
English macro-
Proto-Indo-European *snew-tr-ih₂ ‘female nurser’
…
Latin nūtriō ‘to suckle, breastfeed, nurse’
Latin nutritio
Old French nutricion
Middle French nutrition
English nutrition
Today it means
noun The science of macronutrients.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / macronutrition