Where does “meta” come from?

meta (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Italian meta, from Latin meta, from Proto-Italic mētā, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

meta (Serbo-Croatian): target

Definitions

  1. target

Ancestry of “meta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmetadestination; aim, goal, end; try
2Latinmetacone, pyramid; turning point, winning post;...
3Proto-Italicmētā—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

Words derived from “meta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →Every word from Proto-Italic mētā →Every word from Latin meta →