English

macropatch

From macro- + patch.

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

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

Proto-Hellenic *makrós

Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’

Middle English patche ‘a cloth patch on a garment’

English patch

Today it means

noun A patch clamp that operates on a group of cells

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

Etymograph / macropatch