English
macrosegment
From macro- + segment.
Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‘to increase’
Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós ‘lean, meager’
Proto-Hellenic *makrós
Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’
English macro-
Proto-Indo-European *sek- ‘to cut’
Proto-Italic *sekaō ‘to cut’
Latin secō ‘to cut’
Latin segmentum ‘a piece cut off, a strip, segment of the…’
English segment
Today it means
noun A portion of a spoken utterance between two pauses.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / macrosegment