Where does “metasternum” come from?

metasternum (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,...

metasternum (English): The most posterior element of the sternum; the...

Definitions

  1. The most posterior element of the sternum; the...

Ancestry of “metasternum”, step by step

metasternum 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 sternum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsternumThe breastbone; The sclerotized plate of spiders,...
2New Latinsternum—
3Ancient Greekστέρνονbreast, chest; seat of the affections, heart;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanstern-forehead, chest, side
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtą →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną →