English
macrospecies
From macro- + species.
Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‘to increase’
Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós ‘lean, meager’
Proto-Hellenic *makrós
Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’
English macro-
Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- ‘to see’
Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti ‘to be looking at’
Proto-Italic *spekjō ‘to observe’
Latin speciō ‘see’
Latin speciēs ‘appearance’
English species
Today it means
noun A relatively large, polymorphic species.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / macrospecies