Where does “metaprotaspis” come from?

metaprotaspis (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,...

metaprotaspis (English): The second molt stage of the protaspis

Definitions

  1. The second molt stage of the protaspis

Ancestry of “metaprotaspis”, step by step

metaprotaspis 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 protaspis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishprotaspisA stage in the development of a trilobite where...
2EnglishaspisA type of round shield borne by ancient Greek...
3Ancient Greekἀσπίςshield; collective, body of men-at-arms; on the...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂esp-to cut
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtą →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną →