Etymograph

English

macrovessel

From macro- + vessel.

Formed from macro- + vessel

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

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

Proto-Hellenic *makrós

Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’

English macro-

Proto-Italic *wāss ‘container, vessel’

Late Latin vās ‘vase, vessel’

Late Latin vāscellum ‘a small vase or urn’

Old French vaissel

Middle English vessel ‘small container’

English vessel

Today it means

noun Any of the larger blood vessels

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

Etymograph / macrovessel