English

macrostock

From macro- + stock.

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

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

Proto-Hellenic *makrós

Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’

Proto-Germanic *stukkaz ‘tree-trunk’

Proto-West Germanic *stokk

Old English stocc ‘log, trunk’

Middle English stok ‘tree trunk’

English stock

Today it means

adj Of or relating to the traditional form of stock photography where images are sourced from large agencies rather than individually.

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

Etymograph / macrostock