Where does “metaventral” come from?

metaventral (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,...

metaventral (English): behind the abdomen

Definitions

  1. behind the abdomen

Ancestry of “metaventral”, step by step

metaventral 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 ventral

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishventralRelated to the abdomen or stomach; On the front...
2Frenchventralventral
3Latinventrālisventral; of or pertaining to the belly
4Latinventerbelly, abdomen; body, trunk; stomach
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwend-tri—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtą →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną →