Etymology

metadatum

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Today it means: One piece of metadata; a piece of information describing a piece of data. Full definition →

English datum ← Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)
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  1. Ancient Greekμετᾰ́ (metắ)
  2. Ancient Greekμετᾰ- (metă-)
  3. Englishmeta-
  4. Englishdatum
  5. English todaymetadatum

From meta- + datum.

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