Where does “metacomedy” come from?

metacomedy (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,...

metacomedy (English): A form of comedy that deals with comedy as its subject

Definitions

  1. A form of comedy that deals with comedy as its subject

Ancestry of “metacomedy”, step by step

metacomedy 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 comedy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcomedyA choric song of celebration or revel, especially...
2Middle Englishcomedie—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →