Where does “metabarcode” come from?

metabarcode (English) comes from English barcode, from English Bar, from German bär, from Middle High German bër, from Old High German beri, from Proto-West Germanic baʀi, from Proto-Germanic bazją, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-.

metabarcode (English): A piece of DNA identified by means of metabarcoding

Definitions

  1. A piece of DNA identified by means of metabarcoding

Ancestry of “metabarcode”, step by step

metabarcode traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English barcode

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbarcodeAny set of machine-readable parallel bars or...
2EnglishBarA solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length
3Germanbär—
4Middle High Germanbërbear
5Old High GermanberiA berry
6Proto-West Germanicbaʀiberry
7Proto-Germanicbazjąberry
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-to shine, glow light; to speak, say
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-s-ri-—

via English meta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmetaSelf-referential; structured analogously, but at...
2Latinmētacone, pyramid
3Proto-West Germanicmōtijanto meet
4Proto-Germanicmōtijanąto meet, encounter
5Proto-Germanicmōtąmeeting
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri- →