metabasis

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gʷem-
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromμετάβασις“a change, a transition”
3. Late Latin · borrowed frommetabasis
4. English todaymetabasis

From Late Latin metabasis, from Ancient Greek μετάβασις (metábasis, “a change, a transition”), from μεταβαίνω (metabaínō, “I cross”), from μετά (metá) and βαίνω (baínō, “I move”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-.

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