Where does “metasearch engine” come from?
metasearch engine (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,...
metasearch engine (English): A system that displays aggregated results from...
Definitions
- A system that displays aggregated results from...
Ancestry of “metasearch engine”, step by step
metasearch engine 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 search engine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | search engine | An application that searches for, and retrieves,... |