Where does “metageometry” come from?

metageometry (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,...

metageometry (English): non-Euclidean geometry

Definitions

  1. non-Euclidean geometry

Ancestry of “metageometry”, step by step

metageometry 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 geometry

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgeometryThe branch of mathematics dealing with spatial...
2Middle Englishgemetry—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →