Where does “metacerebral” come from?

metacerebral (English) comes from English cerebral, from French cérébral, from Latin cerebrum, from Proto-Italic kerazrom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱerh₂-s-ro, from Proto-Indo-European ḱerh₂- — head, top; horn.

metacerebral (English): Situated, or originating behind the cerebrum

Definitions

  1. Situated, or originating behind the cerebrum

Ancestry of “metacerebral”, step by step

metacerebral traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English cerebral

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcerebralOf, or relating to the brain, cerebrum, or...
2Frenchcérébralcerebral; A cerebral person
3Latincerebrumbrain; skull
4Proto-Italickerazrombrain
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerh₂-s-ro—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerh₂-head, top; horn

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 ḱerh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱerh₂-s-ro →Every word from Proto-Italic kerazrom →