English
macroturf
From macro- + turf.
Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‘to increase’
Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós ‘lean, meager’
Proto-Hellenic *makrós
Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’
English macro-
Proto-Indo-European *derbʰ- ‘tuft, grass’
Proto-Germanic *turbz ‘turf, lawn’
Proto-West Germanic *turb ‘turf, peat’
Old English turf ‘turf, sod, soil, piece of grass-covered…’
Middle English turf ‘soil, earth’
English turf
Today it means
noun A large area of coral that is grazed by fish
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / macroturf