Where does “meta” come from?

meta (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic metaną, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

meta (Old Norse): to estimate, value; to be reckoned as, counted...

Definitions

  1. to estimate, value; to be reckoned as, counted...

Ancestry of “meta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmetanąto measure
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

Words derived from “meta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic metaną →