Where does “métèque” come from?
métèque (French) comes from Latin metoecus, from Ancient Greek μέτοικος, from Ancient Greek οἶκος, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
métèque (French): metic; wop, stranger
Definitions
- metic; wop, stranger
Ancestry of “métèque”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | metoecus | a stranger dwelling in a city without citizenship |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | μέτοικος | metic; settler from abroad, alien resident in a... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | οἶκος | house or dwelling place; estate, inheritance;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |