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meta-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "meta"

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Etymology 1

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From Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-), from μετά (metá), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀕𐀲 (me-ta), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *meth₂ (“in the middle”).

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Only relating to metabolism:

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meta-

  2. (anatomy and zoology) Behind. [From 19th century]
  4. (botany and zoology) Later or subsequent. [From 19th century]
  6. (obsolete, architecture and zoology) Situated between two segments. [From 19th century]
  8. (chemistry) Having fewer molecules of water than the ortho- equivalent. [From 19th century]
  10. (organic chemistry) in isomeric benzene derivatives, having the two substituents in alternate (1,3) positions; contrasted with ortho- and para-. [From 1833]
  12. (biochemistry) Relating to metabolism.
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chemistry: having fewer molecules of water than the ortho- equivalent
chemistry: contrasted with ortho- and para-
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Etymology 2

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Back-formation from metaphysics.

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meta-

  2. Transcending, encompassing.
  4. 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. [From 17th century]
  6. Having analogies with metaphysics.
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Etymology 3

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Back-formation from metamorphism.

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meta-

  2. (geology) Modified by metamorphosis; analogies and derivatives of metamorphism. [From 19th century]
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Etymology 4

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Back-formation from metastasis.

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meta-

  2. (pathology) Consequent on.
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Derived terms

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English terms prefixed with meta-

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Czech

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Etymology

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Derived from Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-).

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meta-

  1. meta- (pertaining to a level above or beyond)
    ‎meta- + ‎jazyk → ‎metajazyk

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Czech terms prefixed with meta-

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  • “meta-”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • meta- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Finnish

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From Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmetɑ-/, [ˈme̞t̪ɑ̝-]

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meta-

  1. meta-

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Finnish terms prefixed with meta-

German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-).

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meta-

  1. meta-

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German terms prefixed with meta-

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  • “meta-” in Duden online
  • “meta-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-).[1]

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛtɒ]
  • Hyphenation: me‧ta

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meta-

  1. meta-

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Hungarian nouns prefixed with meta-

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  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-).

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  • IPA(key): [mɛta]
  • Hyphenation: mè‧ta

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meta-

  1. meta-

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Category Indonesian terms prefixed with meta- not found

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Italian

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  • IPA(key): /ˌmɛ.ta/
  • Hyphenation: mè‧ta-

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meta-

  1. meta-

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Polish

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Etymology

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Derived from Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-).

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meta-

  1. meta-
    ‎meta- + ‎fizyka → ‎metafizyka

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  • meta- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-).

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meta-

  1. meta-

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek μετά (metá).

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meta-

  1. meta-

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