Where does “metathalamus” come from?

metathalamus (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,...

metathalamus (English): A composite structure of the thalamus, consisting...

Definitions

  1. A composite structure of the thalamus, consisting...

Ancestry of “metathalamus”, step by step

metathalamus 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 thalamus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishthalamusEither of two large, ovoid structures of grey...
2Latinthalamusinner room, apartment of a house; bedroom,...
3Ancient Greekθάλαμοςan inner chamber, room; a bedroom; a bed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtą →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną →