Etymograph

English

macropod

From macro- + -pod, after Latin Macropodidae.

Formed from macro + pod

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

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

Proto-Hellenic *makrós

Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’

English macro

Middle English *pod

English pod

Today it means

noun A marsupial of the family Macropodidae, which includes the kangaroos, wallabies, tree kangaroos and pademelons.

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

Etymograph / macropod