Where does “metamodern” come from?

metamodern (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,...

metamodern (English): Of or relating to metamodernism

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to metamodernism

Ancestry of “metamodern”, step by step

metamodern 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 modern

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmodernPertaining to a current or recent time and style;...
2Middle Frenchmodernemodern; current; contemporary
3Latinmodernusmodern
4Latin-rnussuffix forming adjectives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtą →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną →