Etymograph

English

meta-

Meta- comes from Ancient Greek μετά ‘in the midst of, among, between, with’, and goes back to Mycenaean Greek me-ta.

  1. Mycenaean Greekmodernme-tatransliteratedoriginal script me-ta, a transliteration
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμετά‘in the midst of, among, between, with’
  3. Englishtodaymeta-

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Mycenaean Greekmodernme-tatransliteratedoriginal script me-ta, a transliteration
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμετά‘in the midst of, among, between, with’
  3. Englishtodaymeta-

The story

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’).

Linked words

through Ancient Greek μετά ‘in the midst of, among, between, with’

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Today it means

prefix Behind.

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Etymograph / Mycenaean Greek me-ta / meta-

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