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

  1. third-person singular present of mesti;...

Ancestry of “meta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuanianmestito throw; to drop; to give up
2Proto-Balto-Slavicmet-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic met- →Every word from Lithuanian mesti →