Where does “metadolerite” come from?

metadolerite (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,...

metadolerite (English): metamorphosed dolerite

Definitions

  1. metamorphosed dolerite

Ancestry of “metadolerite”, step by step

metadolerite 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 dolerite

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdoleriteA type of fine-grained basaltic rock
2Ancient Greekδολερόςdeceitful, treacherous
3Ancient Greekδόλοςtrick, deceit; wiles; bait

Words derived from “metadolerite”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtą →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną →