Where does “mēta” come from?

mēta (Latin) comes 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,...

mēta (Latin): cone, pyramid

Definitions

  1. cone, pyramid

Ancestry of “mēta”, step by step

mēta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic mōtijan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicmōtijanto meet
2Proto-Germanicmōtijanąto meet, encounter
3Proto-Germanicmōtąmeeting
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

via Proto-Italic mētā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicmētā—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

Words derived from “mēta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtą →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną →