Etymology of the English word metalanguage
the English word
metalanguageusing the English prefix
meta-derived from the Greek prefix
meta-, μετα-
derived from the Greek word
meta, μετὰ, μετά (after)
derived from the English word
languagederived from the Old French word
langagederived from the Old French word
languederived from the Classical Latin word
lingua (tongue; tongue; speech, language)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dn₀ghu-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dn₀ghū-Usage
Word found in Modern English
