Where does “metasubstitution” come from?

metasubstitution (English) comes from English substitution, from Middle French substitution, from Latin substitutio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

metasubstitution (English): Any substitution reaction that introduces an atom...

Definitions

  1. Any substitution reaction that introduces an atom...

Ancestry of “metasubstitution”, step by step

metasubstitution traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English substitution

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsubstitutionThe act of substituting or the state of being...
2Middle Frenchsubstitution
3Latinsubstitutiosubstitution
4Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
5Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
6Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
7Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
8Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
9Latincalceusshoe
10Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
11Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

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 Ancient Greek χάλιξEvery word from Latin -tiōEvery word from Latin dis-