Where does “metasequence” come from?
metasequence (English) comes from English sequence, from Middle English sequence, from Old French sequence, from Late Latin sequentia, from Latin sequens, from Latin sequor, from Proto-Italic sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European sékʷetor — to follow; to see; to say.
metasequence (English): A sequence of characters having a similar role to a metacharacter
Definitions
- A sequence of characters having a similar role to a metacharacter
Ancestry of “metasequence”, step by step
metasequence traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sequence
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sequence | A set of things next to each other in a set... |
| 2 | Middle English | sequence | — |
| 3 | Old French | sequence | — |
| 4 | Late Latin | sequentia | a following |
| 5 | Latin | sequens | following |
| 6 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |