Where does “metanefro” come from?
metanefro (Italian) comes from English metanephros, from English meta, from Latin mēta, from Proto-West Germanic mōtijan, from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną, from Proto-Germanic mōtą, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...
metanefro (Italian): metanephros
Definitions
- metanephros
Ancestry of “metanefro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | metanephros | The most posterior of the three pairs of... |
| 2 | English | meta | Self-referential; structured analogously, but at... |
| 3 | Latin | mēta | cone, pyramid |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | mōtijan | to meet |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | mōtijaną | to meet, encounter |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | mōtą | meeting |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₂d- | to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,... |