Where does “metalophulid” come from?

metalophulid (English) comes from English lophulid, from English -id, from English -oid, from Latin -oides, from Greek -ο, from Ancient Greek εἶδος, from Spanish -scopio, from Latin -scopium — to see, to look, to observe.

metalophulid (English): A small crest attached to the back side of the...

Definitions

  1. A small crest attached to the back side of the...

Ancestry of “metalophulid”, step by step

metalophulid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English lophulid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlophulidA small crest on a tooth
2English-idof or pertaining to; appended to various foreign...
3English-oidOf similar form to, but not the same as. Having...
4Latin-oides-like, -form
5Greek-οending for accusative singular forms (eg δρόμος, ψήφος); and some vocative singular forms
6Ancient GreekεἶδοςThat which is seen: form, image, shape;...
7Spanish-scopio-scope
8Latin-scopium
9Ancient GreekσκοπέωI look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413...
10Ancient Greekσκοπόςwatcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout
11Ancient GreekσκέπτομαιI look at, examine; I examine, consider, think
12Proto-Hellenicsképťomaito look at
13Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
14Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

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,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyetiEvery word from English -oid