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Where does “metotic” come from?

metotic (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.

metotic (English): Next to the otic capsule

Definitions

  1. Next to the otic capsule

Ancestry of “metotic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMetA Metropolitan Line train; A player for the New...
2EnglishmetropolitanA bishop empowered to oversee other bishops; an...
3Late Latinmetropolitanusmetropolitan
4Ancient Greekμητροπολίτης—
5Ancient Greekμητρόπολιςmother-state; one's mother-city, mother country,...
6Ancient Greekπόλιςcity; a whole country, as dependent on and called...
7Proto-Hellenicptóliscity
8Proto-Indo-EuropeantpólHis—
9Proto-Indo-EuropeantpelH-fortification, city
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