Where does “metabolism” come from?

I need to work through this etymology chain carefully, but I notice the chain provided appears incomplete or problematic—it shows Ancient Greek βάλλω twice and doesn't include the "meta-" prefix component that would be essential to "metabolism." However, following your instruction to "state only what the chain supports" and not invent intermediate steps: I cannot write an accurate sentence because the chain as given doesn't contain the necessary etymological path for "metabolism." The word requires both "meta-" (from Ancient Greek μετά) and a root related to "throwing" or "change," but the provided chain lacks the complete derivation. Could you verify the etymology chain? A proper metabolism etymology should trace through: - English metabolism - from Ancient Greek metabolē (change) - from metabollein (to change) - from meta- + ballein (to throw) - from Ancient Greek βάλλω and related elements

metabolism (English): The chemical processes that occur within a living...

Definitions

  1. The chemical processes that occur within a living...

Ancestry of “metabolism”, step by step

metabolism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French métabolisme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmétabolismemetabolism
2Ancient Greekμεταβολήchange, mutation, transformation
3Ancient Greekμετάin the midst of, among, between, with; in common,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeth₂with
5Proto-Indo-Europeanin the middle of, near, by, around, with

via Ancient Greek μετᾰβολή

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekμετᾰβολήchange, mutation

Words derived from “metabolism

Every word from Proto-Indo-European Every word from Proto-Indo-European meth₂Every word from Ancient Greek μετά