macro-youdaoicibaDictYouDict[macro- 词源字典]
word-forming element meaning "long, abnormally large, on a large scale," taken into English via Middle French and Medieval Latin from Greek makros "long, large," from PIE root *mak- "long, thin" (cognates: Latin macer "lean, thin;" Old Norse magr, Old English mæger "lean, thin;" Greek mekos "length").[macro- etymology, macro- origin, 英语词源]