Where does “metacompiler” come from?

metacompiler (English) comes from English compiler, from Latin compilator, from Latin compīlō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

metacompiler (English): A compiler used to construct compilers for other...

Definitions

  1. A compiler used to construct compilers for other...

Ancestry of “metacompiler”, step by step

metacompiler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English compiler

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcompilerOne who compiles; A computer program which...
2LatincompilatorA compiler, one which heaps or compiles; A...
3Latincompīlōto snatch together and carry off; plunder, pillage, rob, steal
4Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
5Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
6Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
7Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
10Middle Englishkyt
11Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
12Old High Germankuti
13Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
14Proto-Germanickweduzresin
15Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
16Proto-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,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-
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