Where does “metawaveguide” come from?

metawaveguide (English) comes from English waveguide, from English Guide, from Middle English guide, from Old French guide, from Occitan guida, from Occitan guidar, from Frankish wītan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną — to see.

metawaveguide (English): A waveguide that operates using a relatively weak...

Definitions

  1. A waveguide that operates using a relatively weak...

Ancestry of “metawaveguide”, step by step

metawaveguide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English waveguide

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwaveguideA structure which guides waves, such as...
2EnglishGuideOS grid ref SD7025
3Middle Englishguide
4Old Frenchguidea guide
5Occitanguida
6Occitanguidarto guide, to lead
7Frankishwītanto show the way, lead; to accuse, to blame
8Proto-Germanic*witaną
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwóydeto have seen, to know
10Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

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,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd-Every word from Proto-Indo-European wóydeEvery word from Proto-Germanic *witaną
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