Where does “metazoa” come from?

metazoa (Spanish) comes from Spanish metazoo, from Spanish meta, from Latin mēta, 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,...

metazoa (Spanish): feminine singular of metazoo

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of metazoo

Ancestry of “metazoa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmetazoometazoan
2Spanishmetagoal; target
3Latinmētacone, pyramid
4Proto-West Germanicmōtijanto meet
5Proto-Germanicmōtijanąto meet, encounter
6Proto-Germanicmōtąmeeting
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtą →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną →