Where does “metadevice” come from?

metadevice (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,...

metadevice (English): Any device that exploits the properties of a...

Definitions

  1. Any device that exploits the properties of a...

Ancestry of “metadevice”, step by step

metadevice 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 device

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdeviceAny piece of equipment made for a particular...
2Middle Englishdevis—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →