English

macrotext

From macro- + text.

Formed from macro- + text

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

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

Proto-Hellenic *makrós

Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’

Proto-Italic *teksō

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Latin textus ‘style or texture of a work’

Medieval Latin textus ‘text’

Old French texte

Middle English text

English text

Today it means

noun A long text, as opposed to a microtext.

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

Etymograph / macrotext