English
macrosequence
From macro- + sequence.
Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‘to increase’
Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós ‘lean, meager’
Proto-Hellenic *makrós
Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’
English macro-
Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‘to follow’
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Latin sequēns ‘following’
Late Latin sequentia ‘a following’
Old French sequence ‘a sequence of cards, answering verses’
Middle English sequence
English sequence
Today it means
noun A relatively long sequence (in a film).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / macrosequence