Where does “metoecious” come from?
metoecious (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.
metoecious (English): Heteroecious
Definitions
- Heteroecious
Ancestry of “metoecious”, step by step
| 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 |