英语词汇*mak-的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	*mak-
词源	mak- māk-, Proto-Indo-European root meaning "long, thin." It forms all or part of: emaciate; macro; macro-; macrobiotic; macron; meager; paramecium. It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Greek makros "long, large," mēkos "length;" Latin macer "lean, thin;" Old Norse magr, Old English mæger "lean, thin." Entries linking to mak- emaciate v. 1620s "cause to lose flesh" (implied in emaciating), from Latin emaciatus, past participle of emaciare "make lean, cause to waste away," from assimilated form of ex "out" (see ex-) + macies "leanness," from macer "thin" (from PIE root mak- "long, thin"). Intransitive meaning "become lean, waste away" is from 1640s. Related: Emaciated. macro n. 1959 in computing sense, shortened from macroinstruction. emaciate (v.)macro (n.)macro-macrobiotic (adj.)macron (n.)meager (adj.)paramecium (n.)emaciation (n.)Macedoniamacrocephalic (adj.)macrocosm (n.) updated on November 16, 2018
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