Where does “metadocument” come from?

metadocument (English) comes from English document, from Middle French document, from Latin documentum, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

metadocument (English): A document containing metadata, such as tags, labels, and formatting information

Definitions

  1. A document containing metadata, such as tags, labels, and formatting information

Ancestry of “metadocument”, step by step

metadocument traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English document

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdocumentAn original or official paper used as the basis,...
2Middle Frenchdocument
3Latindocumentumlesson; instruction; warning
4Latin-mentuminstrument, medium, or result of; e.g....
5Latin-mentanominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural...
6Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

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 -mn̥Every word from Latin -mentumEvery word from Latin documentum
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