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Proto-Indo-European *me
Proto-Indo-European *meth₂?
Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ)
Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor.
English meta-
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-), from μετά (metá), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀕𐀲 (me-ta), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *meth₂ (“in the middle”).
Meanings
(morpheme) Behind.
(morpheme) Later or subsequent.
(morpheme, obsolete) Situated between two segments.
(morpheme) Having fewer molecules of water than the ortho- equivalent.
(morpheme) in isomeric benzene derivatives, having the two substituents in alternate (1,3) positions; contrasted with ortho- and para-.
pl meta- (chemistry: having fewer molecules of water than the ortho- equivalent) · ru ме́та- (anatomy, zoology: behind) · ja メタ (chemistry: contrasted with ortho- and para-) · es meta- (chemistry: contrasted with ortho- and para-) · ru ме́та- (chemistry: contrasted with ortho- and para-) · fr méta- (anatomy, zoology: behind) · el μετα- (chemistry: having fewer molecules of water than the ortho- equivalent) · pl meta- (chemistry: contrasted with ortho- and para-) · es meta- (chemistry: having fewer molecules of water than the ortho- equivalent) · ru ме́та- (chemistry: having fewer molecules of water than the ortho- equivalent) · es mala (anatomy, zoology: behind) · pl meta- (botany, zoology: later or subsequent) · el μετα- (chemistry: contrasted with ortho- and para-) · el μετα- (anatomy, zoology: behind) · fr méta- (chemistry: contrasted with ortho- and para-) · fi meta- (botany, zoology: later or subsequent) · el μετα- (botany, zoology: later or subsequent) · ru ме́та- (botany, zoology: later or subsequent) · fi meta- (chemistry: contrasted with ortho- and para-) · fi meta- (chemistry: having fewer molecules of water than the ortho- equivalent) · fi meta- (anatomy, zoology: behind) · pl meta- (anatomy, zoology: behind)
(morpheme) Pertaining to a level above or beyond; reflexive or recursive; about itself or about other things of the same type. For example, metadata is data that describes data, metalanguage is language that describes language, etc.
ka მეტა- (having analogies with metaphysics) · fi meta- (having analogies with metaphysics) · pl meta- (pertaining to a level above or beyond; reflexive or recursive; about itself or about other things of the same type) · fi meta- (pertaining to a level above or beyond; reflexive or recursive; about itself or about other things of the same type) · cs meta- (pertaining to a level above or beyond; reflexive or recursive; about itself or about other things of the same type) · es meta- (pertaining to a level above or beyond; reflexive or recursive; about itself or about other things of the same type) · pl meta- (having analogies with metaphysics) · ru ме́та- (transcending, encompassing) · el μετα- (transcending, encompassing) · hi अधि- (transcending, encompassing) · fr méta- (transcending, encompassing) · ru ме́та- (pertaining to a level above or beyond; reflexive or recursive; about itself or about other things of the same type) · pl meta- (transcending, encompassing) · ru ме́та- (having analogies with metaphysics) · fr méta- (pertaining to a level above or beyond; reflexive or recursive; about itself or about other things of the same type) · el μετα- (having analogies with metaphysics) · ka მეტა- (pertaining to a level above or beyond; reflexive or recursive; about itself or about other things of the same type) · fi meta- (transcending, encompassing) · el μετα- (pertaining to a level above or beyond; reflexive or recursive; about itself or about other things of the same type) · fr méta- (having analogies with metaphysics) · ka მეტა- (transcending, encompassing) · es meta- (having analogies with metaphysics) · hi अधि- (pertaining to a level above or beyond; reflexive or recursive; about itself or about other things of the same type)
(morpheme) Modified by metamorphosis; analogies and derivatives of metamorphism.
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fi meta- (geology: analogies and derivatives of metamorphism) · pl meta- (geology: analogies and derivatives of metamorphism) · fr méta- (geology: analogies and derivatives of metamorphism) · ru ме́та- (geology: analogies and derivatives of metamorphism) · es meta- (geology: analogies and derivatives of metamorphism)