Where does “metamodeling” come from?
metamodeling (English) comes from English modeling, from English model, from Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin modellus, from Latin modulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
metamodeling (English): The design, construction and use of metamodels
Definitions
- The design, construction and use of metamodels
Ancestry of “metamodeling”, step by step
metamodeling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English modeling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | modeling | present participle of model; The art of sculpting... |
| 2 | English | model | A person who serves as a subject for artwork or... |
| 3 | Middle French | modelle | template; model; model; replica; reconstruction |
| 4 | Old Italian | modello | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | modellus | — |
| 6 | Latin | modulus | a small measure or interval; a module; a water... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |