Where does “metepimeron” come from?
metepimeron (English) comes from English Met, from English metropolitan, from Late Latin metropolitanus, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης, from Ancient Greek μητρόπολις, from Ancient Greek πόλις, from Proto-Hellenic ptólis, from Proto-Indo-European tpólHis — fortification, city.
metepimeron (English): The epimeron of an insect's metathorax
Definitions
- The epimeron of an insect's metathorax
Ancestry of “metepimeron”, step by step
metepimeron traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Met
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Met | A Metropolitan Line train; A player for the New... |
| 2 | English | metropolitan | A bishop empowered to oversee other bishops; an... |
| 3 | Late Latin | metropolitanus | metropolitan |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μητροπολίτης | metropolitan |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μητρόπολις | mother-state; one's mother-city, mother country,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πόλις | city; a whole country, as dependent on and called... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | ptólis | city |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tpólHis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tpelH- | fortification, city |
via English epimeron
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | epimeron | In crustaceans, the part of the side of a somite... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἐπι- | on, upon, on top of, all over, covering; on,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἐπί | as well, besides; For usage in composition, see... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Ἡμέρα | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἦμαρ | day; by day; midday |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | ā́mər | day |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eh₃mr̥ | heat |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eh₃- | to be hot; to burn |