Where does “metacinnabar” come from?

metacinnabar (English) comes from English cinnabar, from Middle English cynabare, from Old French cinabre, from Latin cinnabaris, from Ancient Greek κιννάβαρι, from Arabic زِنْجَفْر.

metacinnabar (English): A isometric-hextetrahedral form of the mineral,...

Definitions

  1. A isometric-hextetrahedral form of the mineral,...

Ancestry of “metacinnabar”, step by step

metacinnabar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English cinnabar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcinnabarA deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the...
2Middle Englishcynabare—
3Old Frenchcinabre—
4Latincinnabarisdragon's blood; cinnabar
5Ancient Greekκιννάβαριcinnabar, bisulphuret of mercury; vermilion
6Arabicزِنْجَفْر—

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 Arabic زِنْجَفْر →Every word from Ancient Greek κιννάβαρι →Every word from Latin cinnabaris →