Where does “metatergite” come from?

metatergite (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,...

metatergite (English): The tergite of a metazonite

Definitions

  1. The tergite of a metazonite

Ancestry of “metatergite”, step by step

metatergite 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 tergite

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtergiteThe dorsal portion of an articulate animal's...
2Latintergumback, rear; surface
3Latintergusback, rear; hide, skin
4Proto-Indo-Europeantragʰ-to draw, drag
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtą →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną →
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