Where does “metacondition” come from?

metacondition (English) comes from English condition, from Middle English condicioun, from Old French condicion, from Latin condiciō, from Latin condīcō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

metacondition (English): A condition dependent on other conditions

Definitions

  1. A condition dependent on other conditions

Ancestry of “metacondition”, step by step

metacondition traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English condition

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishconditionA logical clause or phrase that a conditional...
2Middle Englishcondiciouncondition
3Old Frenchcondicioncondition; social rank
4LatincondiciōAn agreement, contract, covenant, stipulation, pact, proposition
5Latincondīcōto talk something over together, agree to/upon, concert, promise; fix, appoint
6Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
7Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
8Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
9Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
12Middle Englishkyt
13Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
14Old High Germankuti
15Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
16Proto-Germanickweduzresin
17Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
18Proto-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-Every word from Latin cōn-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-