Where does “meta” come from?
meta (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian mesti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic met-, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.
meta (Lithuanian): third-person singular present of mesti;...
Definitions
- third-person singular present of mesti;...
Ancestry of “meta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Lithuanian | mesti | to throw; to drop; to give up |
| 2 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | met- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₁- | to measure |