Where does “metaloph” come from?

metaloph (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,...

metaloph (English): A crest attaching the paracone to the hypocone

Definitions

  1. A crest attaching the paracone to the hypocone

Ancestry of “metaloph”, step by step

metaloph 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 loph

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlophA ridge of enamel connecting the cusps of a molar...
2Ancient Greekλόφοςthe back of the neck, the withers of a horse, the...

Words derived from “metaloph”

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