Where does “metacommand” come from?

metacommand (English) comes from English command, from French commander, from Middle French commander, from Old French comander, from Latin commandō, from Latin commendō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

metacommand (English): A command that is not part of the language being...

Definitions

  1. A command that is not part of the language being...

Ancestry of “metacommand”, step by step

metacommand traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English command

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcommandAn order to do something; The right or authority...
2Frenchcommanderto order
3Middle Frenchcommanderto command
4Old Frenchcomanderto command, to implore; to request, to ask for;...
5Latincommandōto chew
6Latincommendōto commend, entrust to, commit
7Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
8Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
9Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
10Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt
14Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
15Old High Germankuti
16Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
17Proto-Germanickweduzresin
18Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
19Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

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,...
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