Where does “metalens” come from?

metalens (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,...

metalens (English): A lens made from a metamaterial

Definitions

  1. A lens made from a metamaterial

Ancestry of “metalens”, step by step

metalens 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 lens

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlensAn object, usually made of glass, that focuses or...
2Latinlēnslentil
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtą →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną →