Where does “metadataset” come from?

metadataset (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,...

metadataset (English): A data set composed of metadata

Definitions

  1. A data set composed of metadata

Ancestry of “metadataset”, step by step

metadataset 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 dataset

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdatasetAlternative spelling of data set
2Englishdata setA file of related records on a computer-readable...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →