English
macroproblem
From macro- + problem.
Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‘to increase’
Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós ‘lean, meager’
Proto-Hellenic *makrós
Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’
English macro-
Ancient Greek βάλλω ‘to throw’
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Ancient Greek πρόβλημα ‘anything thrown forward’
Latin problēma ‘problem’
Middle French probleme
Middle English probleme ‘a conundrum’
English problem
Today it means
noun A large-scale problem.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / macroproblem