Etymograph

English

macrozooid

From macro- + zooid.

Formed from macro- + zooid

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

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

Proto-Hellenic *makrós

Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’

English macro-

Today it means

noun A relatively large zooid (as compared with a microzooid)

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Etymograph / macrozooid