Where does “metanarration” come from?
metanarration (English) comes from English narration, from Middle French narration, from Old French narracion, from Latin narratio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
metanarration (English): A narrative text about narration storytelling
Definitions
- A narrative text about narration storytelling
Ancestry of “metanarration”, step by step
metanarration traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English narration
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | narration | The act of recounting or relating in order the... |
| 2 | Middle French | narration | narration account; story |
| 3 | Old French | narracion | — |
| 4 | Latin | narratio | narration, narrative, story |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |