English
macrostem
From macro- + stem.
Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‘to increase’
Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós ‘lean, meager’
Proto-Hellenic *makrós
Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’
English macro-
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand, stay’
Proto-Germanic *stamniz ‘stem, tree stalk’
Proto-West Germanic *stamni
Old English stemn
Middle English stem
English stem
Today it means
noun The stem of a verb, plus any object markers preceding the stem and affixes following the stem, taken as a morphological unit.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / macrostem