English
macrosimulation
From macro- + simulation.
Formed from macro- + simulation
Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‘to increase’
Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós ‘lean, meager’
Proto-Hellenic *makrós
Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’
English macro-
Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘together, one’
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Latin simulātiōnem
Old French simulation
Middle French simulation
Middle English symulacioun ‘dissembling, dishonesty, falsification’
English simulation
Today it means
noun simulation of a system as a whole, without simulating the behaviour of its individual components
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Etymograph / macrosimulation