Where does “metaclassifier” come from?
metaclassifier (English) comes from English classifier, from English classify, from French classifier, from French classe, from Italian classe, from Spanish clase, from Portuguese classe, from German klasse — to call, cry, summon.
metaclassifier (English): A classifier that operates on other classifiers
Definitions
- A classifier that operates on other classifiers
Ancestry of “metaclassifier”, step by step
metaclassifier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English classifier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | classifier | Someone who classifies; A word or morpheme used... |
| 2 | English | classify | to identify by or divide into classes; to... |
| 3 | French | classifier | to classify |
| 4 | French | classe | class, type, group; "Une classe de conscrits"... |
| 5 | Italian | classe | class; classroom; style |
| 6 | Spanish | clase | lecture; class; kind, sort, type |
| 7 | Portuguese | classe | class, kind; class; elegance; class |
| 8 | German | klasse | great, awesome |
| 9 | Russian | класс | class |
| 10 | Latin | classis | any one of the five divisions into which Servius... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | klāssis | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kelh₁- | to call, cry, summon |