Etymograph

English

macrovesicle

From macro- + vesicle.

Formed from macro- + vesicle

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

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

Proto-Hellenic *makrós

Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’

English macro-

Latin vēsīca ‘bladder, urinary bladder’

Latin vēsīcula ‘little bladder’

Middle French vesicule

English vesicle

Today it means

noun A vesicle in which a large amount of lipid has accumulated as a result of steatosis

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

Etymograph / macrovesicle