Where does “metacneme” come from?

metacneme (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,...

metacneme (English): A secondary mesentery of a sea anemone

Definitions

  1. A secondary mesentery of a sea anemone

Ancestry of “metacneme”, step by step

metacneme 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 cneme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcnemeTibia; shin
2Ancient Greekκνήμηshin, tibia; spoke of a wheel
3Proto-Indo-Europeankónh₂mleg
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtą →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną →