Where does “metatextuality” come from?
metatextuality (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,...
metatextuality (English): A form of intertextual discourse in which one...
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Ancestry of “metatextuality”, step by step
metatextuality traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English meta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | meta | Self-referential; structured analogously, but at... |
| 2 | Latin | mēta | cone, pyramid |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | mōtijan | to meet |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | mōtijaną | to meet, encounter |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | mōtą | meeting |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₂d- | to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,... |
via English textuality
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | textuality | The attributes that distinguish a text as an... |
| 2 | English | textual | Of, or pertaining to text; Pertaining to text... |
| 3 | Latin | textus | woven, having been woven; texture, structure;... |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |