Where does “metode” come from?
metode (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch methode, from French méthode, from Middle French method, from Latin methodus, from Ancient Greek μέθοδος, from Ancient Greek μετά, from Proto-Indo-European meth₂, from Proto-Indo-European mé.
metode (Afrikaans): method
Ancestry of “metode”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | methode | method |
| 2 | French | méthode | method; book, textbook |
| 3 | Middle French | method | — |
| 4 | Latin | methodus | method; way of teaching |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μέθοδος | following after, pursuit; pursuit of knowledge,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μετά | in the midst of, among, between, with; in common,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | meth₂ | with |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mé | — |