Where does “metacone” come from?

metacone (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,...

metacone (English): A cusp in the corner of an upper molar tooth in...

Definitions

  1. A cusp in the corner of an upper molar tooth in...

Ancestry of “metacone”, step by step

metacone 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 Cone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishConeA surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line
2Middle Englishcone—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtą →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną →
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