Where does “métapectique” come from?
métapectique (French) comes from French pectique, from French pectine, from Ancient Greek πηκτικός, from Ancient Greek πήγνυμι, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- — to attach.
métapectique (French): metapectic
Ancestry of “métapectique”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | pectique | pectic |
| 2 | French | pectine | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πηκτικός | congealed, curdled; curdling |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πήγνυμι | I secure, stick in, fix on; I fasten, put... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂ǵ- | to attach |