Where does “metastrategic” come from?

metastrategic (English) comes from English strategic, from French stratégique, from Ancient Greek στρατηγικός, from Ancient Greek στρατηγός, from Ancient Greek ἄγω, from Proto-Hellenic ágō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

metastrategic (English): Of or pertaining to metastrategy

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to metastrategy

Ancestry of “metastrategic”, step by step

metastrategic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English strategic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishstrategicof or pertaining to strategy
2Frenchstratégiquestrategic, strategical
3Ancient Greekστρατηγικόςof or for a general; suited or fitted for...
4Ancient GreekστρατηγόςA leader or commander of an army: general; The...
5Ancient Greekἄγωto lead, fetch, bring along (a living creature), take with
6Proto-Hellenicágōto lead, to guide
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

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,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵetiEvery word from Proto-Hellenic ágō