Where does “metaparadigm” come from?
metaparadigm (English) comes from English paradigm, from Late Latin paradigma, from Ancient Greek παράδειγμα, from Ancient Greek παραδείκνυμι, from Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ-, from Ancient Greek παρά, from Latin verēdus, from Gaulish werēdos — horse.
metaparadigm (English): The most general and overarching framework for a discipline that represents its core concepts
Definitions
- The most general and overarching framework for a discipline that represents its core concepts
Ancestry of “metaparadigm”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | paradigm | A pattern, a way of doing something, "especially"... |
| 2 | Late Latin | paradigma | paradigm; pattern, example, paradigm |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | παράδειγμα | pattern, model, plan, paradigm; precedent,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | παραδείκνυμι | to hold up to viewing, exhibit, point out; to set... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πᾰρᾰ- | near; next to; by, near |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | παρά | |
| 7 | Latin | verēdus | A fast or light breed of horse; courier's horse; hunter |
| 8 | Gaulish | werēdos | horse |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | *uɸoreidos | horse |