Where does “metacoracoid” come from?

metacoracoid (English) comes from English coracoid, from Latin Corax, from Ancient Greek ὄψις, from Ancient Greek ὄψ, from Proto-Hellenic wókʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

metacoracoid (English): Either of the two elements that form the coracoid process

Definitions

  1. Either of the two elements that form the coracoid process

Ancestry of “metacoracoid”, step by step

metacoracoid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English coracoid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcoracoidPart of the scapula that projects towards the...
2LatinCoraxA river of Colchis which flows into the Black Sea
3Ancient Greekὄψιςview
4Ancient Greekὄψvoice; word; eye, face
5Proto-Hellenicwókʷsvoice
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

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 wekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Hellenic wókʷs →Every word from Ancient Greek ὄψ →