Etymograph

English

macrosyntax

From macro- + syntax.

Formed from macro- + syntax

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

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

Proto-Hellenic *makrós

Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’

English macro-

Ancient Greek σύνταξις ‘an arranging, putting in order’

Late Latin syntaxis ‘syntaxis, syntax’

English syntax

Today it means

noun Syntax beyond the clause level.

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

Etymograph / macrosyntax