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Where does “Met” come from?

Met (English) comes from English metropolitan, from Late Latin metropolitanus, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις, from Ancient Greek πόλις, from Proto-Hellenic ptólis, from Proto-Indo-European tpólHis, from Proto-Indo-European tpelH- — fortification, city.

Met (English): A Metropolitan Line train; A player for the New...

Definitions

  1. A Metropolitan Line train; A player for the New...

Ancestry of “Met”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmetropolitanA bishop empowered to oversee other bishops; an...
2Late Latinmetropolitanusmetropolitan
3Ancient Greekμητροπολίτης—
4Ancient Greekμητρόπολιςmother-state; one's mother-city, mother country,...
5Ancient Greekπόλιςcity; a whole country, as dependent on and called...
6Proto-Hellenicptóliscity
7Proto-Indo-EuropeantpólHis—
8Proto-Indo-EuropeantpelH-fortification, city

Words derived from “Met”

  • metenkephalin
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