Where does “metamodernist” come from?

metamodernist (English) comes from English modernist, from English -ist, from Old French -iste, from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Proto-Hellenic -tās.

metamodernist (English): Of or relating to metamodernism

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to metamodernism

Ancestry of “metamodernist”, step by step

metamodernist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English modernist

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmodernistOf, or relating to modernism; A follower or...
2English-istAdded to words to form nouns denoting
3Old French-iste
4Latin-ista-ist; one who practises or believes
5Ancient Greek-ιστήςAlternative form of -τής; -ist
6Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
7Proto-Hellenic-tās

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-Hellenic -tāsEvery word from English -istEvery word from Ancient Greek -τής