Where does “metabias” come from?

metabias (English) comes from English meta, from Latin mēta, from Proto-West Germanic mōtijan, from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną, from Proto-Germanic mōtą, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

metabias (English): A biasing factor, such as publication bias, that results in the available data becoming artificially skewed

Definitions

  1. A biasing factor, such as publication bias, that results in the available data becoming artificially skewed

Ancestry of “metabias”, step by step

metabias traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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,...

via English Bias

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBiasOne of the Seven Sages of Greece from Priene, living in the 6th century
2Ancient GreekΒίαςBias
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtą →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną →