Where does “metaconsensus” come from?
metaconsensus (English) comes from English consensus, from Latin cōnsēnsus, from Latin cōnsentiō, 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,...
metaconsensus (English): A general agreement about the nature of an issue but not necessarily about the outcome of it
Definitions
- A general agreement about the nature of an issue but not necessarily about the outcome of it
Ancestry of “metaconsensus”, step by step
metaconsensus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English consensus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | consensus | A process of decision-making that seeks... |
| 2 | Latin | cōnsēnsus | Consensus, agreement, accordance, unanimity, concord, harmony |
| 3 | Latin | cōnsentiō | to agree, accord, harmonize |
| 4 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 5 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 6 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |