Where does “metatibia” come from?

metatibia (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,...

metatibia (English): The hind part of the arthropod tibia

Definitions

  1. The hind part of the arthropod tibia

Ancestry of “metatibia”, step by step

metatibia 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 tibia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtibiaThe inner and usually the larger of the two bones...
2Latintībiathe large shin bone, tibia; leg
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtą →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną →