Where does “metamorphism” come from?
Metamorphism comes from Ancient Greek metamórphōsis, meaning transformation or change of form, from morphḗ, form or shape, ultimately from Mycenaean Greek mo-ro-pa.
metamorphism (English): The process by which rocks are changed into other...
Definitions
- The process by which rocks are changed into other...
Ancestry of “metamorphism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | métamorphisme | metamorphism |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | μετά | in the midst of, among, between, with; in common,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | meth₂ | with |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | mé | in the middle of, near, by, around, with |