Where does “metaxylene” come from?

metaxylene (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,...

metaxylene (English): That variety of xylene, or dimethyl benzene, in...

Definitions

  1. That variety of xylene, or dimethyl benzene, in...

Ancestry of “metaxylene”, step by step

metaxylene 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 xylene

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishxyleneAny of a group of three isomeric aromatic...
2Englishxyl-Alternative form of xylo-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtą →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną →