Where does “metametabolic” come from?

metametabolic (English) comes from English metabolic, from Ancient Greek μεταβολικός, from Ancient Greek μεταβολή, from Ancient Greek μετά, from Proto-Indo-European meth₂, from Proto-Indo-European mé — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.

metametabolic (English): Relating to metametabolism

Definitions

  1. Relating to metametabolism

Ancestry of “metametabolic”, step by step

metametabolic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English metabolic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmetabolicOf or pertaining to metamorphosis; pertaining to,...
2Ancient Greekμεταβολικός—
3Ancient Greekμεταβολήchange, mutation, transformation
4Ancient Greekμετάin the midst of, among, between, with; in common,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeth₂with
6Proto-Indo-Europeanméin the middle of, near, by, around, with

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,...

Words derived from “metametabolic”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mé →Every word from Proto-Indo-European meth₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek μετά →