Where does “metapeptone” come from?

metapeptone (English) comes from English meta, from Latin mēta, from Proto-West Germanic mōtijan, from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną, from Proto-Germanic mōtą, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

metapeptone (English): An intermediate product formed in the gastric...

Definitions

An intermediate product formed in the gastric...

Ancestry of “metapeptone”, step by step

metapeptone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English meta

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	meta	Self-referential; structured analogously, but at...
2	Latin	mēta	cone, pyramid
3	Proto-West Germanic	mōtijan	to meet
4	Proto-Germanic	mōtijaną	to meet, encounter
5	Proto-Germanic	mōtą	meeting
6	Proto-Indo-European	meh₂d-	to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

via English peptone

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	peptone	Any water-soluble mixture of polypeptides and...
2	German	Pepton	—

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtą →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną →