Where does “metatibial” come from?

metatibial (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,...

metatibial (English): Relating to the metatibia

Definitions

Relating to the metatibia

Ancestry of “metatibial”, step by step

metatibial 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 tibial

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	tibial	Of or pertaining to a tibia or a structure...
2	Latin	tibialis	tibial; of or pertaining to the tibia
3	Latin	-ālis	—
4	Proto-Italic	-ālis	forms relational adjectives

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtą →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną →