Where does “metafemur” come from?

metafemur (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,...

metafemur (English): The hind part of the arthropod femur

Definitions

  1. The hind part of the arthropod femur

Ancestry of “metafemur”, step by step

metafemur 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 femur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfemurA thighbone; The middle segment of the leg of an...
2Latinfemurthigh; the space between the grooves of a...
3Proto-Indo-European*dʰénwr̥arc, bow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtą →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną →