Where does “metaprophylactic” come from?
metaprophylactic (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,...
metaprophylactic (English): Relating to metaprophylaxis
Definitions
- Relating to metaprophylaxis
Ancestry of “metaprophylactic”, step by step
metaprophylactic 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 prophylactic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | prophylactic | A medicine which preserves or defends against... |
| 2 | Latin | prophylacticus | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | προφυλακτικός | prophylactic |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |