Where does “metakaolin” come from?

metakaolin (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,...

metakaolin (English): A dehydroxylated form of the clay mineral...

Definitions

  1. A dehydroxylated form of the clay mineral...

Ancestry of “metakaolin”, step by step

metakaolin 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 kaolin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkaolinA fine clay, rich in kaolinite, used in ceramics,...
2Frenchkaolinkaolin
3Mandarin高嶺—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtą →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną →