Where does “metadatabase” come from?
metadatabase (English) comes from English database, from English Base, from Middle English base, from Old French base, from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις, from Proto-Hellenic gʷə́tis, from Proto-Indo-European gʷémtis — to step.
metadatabase (English): A database that serves to catalogue and classify...
Definitions
- A database that serves to catalogue and classify...
Ancestry of “metadatabase”, step by step
metadatabase traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English database
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | database | A collection of organized information in a... |
| 2 | English | Base | Something from which other things extend; a foundation |
| 3 | Middle English | base | A foundation or base; the bottom of a building;... |
| 4 | Old French | base | base bottom part; supporting part |
| 5 | Latin | basis | A pedestal, foot, base; basis, foundation; The... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βάσις | step; rhythm; foot |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | gʷə́tis | step |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷémtis | step, act of walking |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷem- | to step |