Where does “metasemiotic” come from?
metasemiotic (English) comes from English semiotic, from French sémiotique, from Ancient Greek σημειωτικός, from Ancient Greek σημειόω, from Ancient Greek -όω, from Proto-Indo-European -oyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
metasemiotic (English): Relating to metasemiotics
Definitions
- Relating to metasemiotics
Ancestry of “metasemiotic”, step by step
metasemiotic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English semiotic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | semiotic | Of or relating to semiotics or to semantics; Of... |
| 2 | French | sémiotique | semiotics |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | σημειωτικός | fitted for marking, portending; observant of... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | σημειόω | to mark, stamp; to seal; to signal |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -όω | Added to a noun or adjective to make a verb with... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -oyéti | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |