Etymograph

English

macroproject

From macro- + project.

Formed from macro- + project

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

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

Proto-Hellenic *makrós

Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’

English macro-

Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- ‘to throw’

Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként

Latin iaciō ‘throw’

Latin prōiciō ‘throw forth’

Latin prōiectus ‘discharged’

English project

Today it means

noun A large-scale project.

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

Etymograph / macroproject