Where does “metaphragmal” come from?
metaphragmal (English) comes from English metaphragma, 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,...
metaphragmal (English): Relating to a metaphragma
Definitions
- Relating to a metaphragma
Ancestry of “metaphragmal”, step by step
metaphragmal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English metaphragma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | metaphragma | The hindmost phragma of the thorax in an insect |
| 2 | English | meta | Self-referential; structured analogously, but at... |
| 3 | Latin | mēta | cone, pyramid |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | mōtijan | to meet |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | mōtijaną | to meet, encounter |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | mōtą | meeting |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₂d- | to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,... |