English

macroshock

From macro- + shock.

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

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

Proto-Hellenic *makrós

Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’

Proto-Germanic *skukkaną ‘to move, shake, tremble’

Old Dutch *skokkan ‘to shake up and down’

Middle Dutch schokken ‘to push, jolt, shake’

English shock

Today it means

noun A large-scale shock.

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

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