Where does “metametalanguage” come from?
metametalanguage (English) comes from English metalanguage, from English language, from Middle English langage, from Old French language, from Vulgar Latin linguaticum, from Latin lingua, from Latin -ula, from Proto-Indo-European -tlom — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
metametalanguage (English): A language used to define, analyze, or describe a...
Definitions
- A language used to define, analyze, or describe a...
Ancestry of “metametalanguage”, step by step
metametalanguage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English metalanguage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | metalanguage | Any language or vocabulary of specialized terms... |
| 2 | English | language | A body of words, and set of methods of combining... |
| 3 | Middle English | langage | language, tongue, speech; dialect, idiom, local... |
| 4 | Old French | language | language (style of communicating) |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | linguaticum | language |
| 6 | Latin | lingua | tongue; a speech; an utterance or expression |
| 7 | Latin | -ula | regō + API → rēgula; tegō + API → tēgula;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |