English

macrosample

From macro- + sample.

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

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

Proto-Hellenic *makrós

Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’

Latin eximō ‘to take out’

Latin exemplum ‘a sample’

Old French essample ‘example’

Middle English saumple ‘exemplar’

Today it means

noun A relatively large-scale sample

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

Etymograph / macrosample