Etymology

metabelian

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Today it means: Having an abelian commutator subgroup Full definition →

English abelian ← Norwegian Abel ← Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*me
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meth₂?
  3. Ancient Greekμετᾰ́ (metắ)
  4. Ancient Greekμετᾰ- (metă-)
  5. Englishmeta-
  6. NorwegianAbel
  7. Englishabelian
  8. English todaymetabelian

From meta- + abelian.

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