Where does “metasyntactic” come from?
metasyntactic (English) comes from English syntactic, from Ancient Greek συντακτικός, from Ancient Greek συντάσσω, from Ancient Greek σῠν-, from Ancient Greek σύν, from Proto-Hellenic *ksún.
metasyntactic (English): Used in describing syntax; relating to metasyntax
Definitions
- Used in describing syntax; relating to metasyntax
Ancestry of “metasyntactic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | syntactic | Of, related to or connected with syntax;... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | συντακτικός | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | συντάσσω | arrange together”, “to order |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | σῠν- | together; with, together |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σύν | beside, with |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *ksún | — |