Where does “metapleuron” come from?

metapleuron (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,...

metapleuron (English): An exoskeletal plate on each side of the...

Definitions

  1. An exoskeletal plate on each side of the...

Ancestry of “metapleuron”, step by step

metapleuron traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English meta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmetaSelf-referential; structured analogously, but at...
2Latinmētacone, pyramid
3Proto-West Germanicmōtijanto meet
4Proto-Germanicmōtijanąto meet, encounter
5Proto-Germanicmōtąmeeting
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

via English pleuron

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpleuronA lateral sclerite of a thoracic segment of an...
2Ancient Greekπλευρόνrib, side
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtą →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną →