Where does “metanarrative” come from?
Metanarrative derives from English narrative and English metaphysics, blended with English metamorphosis, tracing through Ancient Greek μεθίστημι and ἵστημι meaning to place or stand, combined with Ancient Greek μορφή meaning form, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- and steh₂-.
metanarrative (English): A narrative which concerns narratives of...
Definitions
- A narrative which concerns narratives of...
Ancestry of “metanarrative”, step by step
metanarrative traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English narrative
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | narrative | Telling a story; Overly talkative; garrulous; Of... |
| 2 | Middle French | narratif | — |
| 3 | Latin | nārrātīvus | — |
| 4 | Latin | narro | I narrate, recount; I report; I tell, speak |
| 5 | Latin | nārō | that flows into the Adriatic Sea, now the Neretva or Narenta |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | gnārāō | I make known, I tell; to make known, tell |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₃ro- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |