English

macropredator

From macro- + predator.

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

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

Proto-Hellenic *makrós

Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’

Latin praeda ‘booty, spoils, prey’

Latin praedor ‘loot, pillage’

Latin praedātor ‘raider, plunderer, pillager, hunter’

Today it means

noun A relatively large predator (large enough to be seen with the naked eye)

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

Etymograph / macropredator