Etymograph

English

macrosurgery

From macro- + surgery.

Formed from macro- + surgery

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

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

Proto-Hellenic *makrós

Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’

English macro-

Ancient Greek χειρουργία

Latin chīrūrgia ‘a surgery’

Old French surgerie

Middle English surgerie

English surgery

Today it means

noun Relatively large-scale surgery (as opposed to microsurgery)

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

Etymograph / macrosurgery