The story
- Proto-Indo-European*solh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*solh₂wós
- Ancient Greekὅλος (hólos)
- Englishholo-
- Proto-Indo-European*me
- Proto-Indo-European*meth₂?
- Ancient Greekμετᾰ́ (metắ)
- Ancient Greekμετα- (meta-)
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷelH-
- Proto-Hellenic*gʷəlnō
- Ancient Greekβάλλω (bállō)
- Ancient Greekμεταβάλλω (metabállō)
- Ancient Greekμετᾰβολή (metăbolḗ)
- Englishmetabolism
- English todayholometabolism
From holo- + metabolism.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.