Where does “metasilicic” come from?

metasilicic (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,...

metasilicic (English): Relating to metasilicic acid or its derivatives

Definitions

  1. Relating to metasilicic acid or its derivatives

Ancestry of “metasilicic”, step by step

metasilicic 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 silicic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishsilicicof, related to, or derived from silica
2Latinsilexpebble, stone, flint; rock, crag; lava
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtą →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną →