The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμετά“after”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμετάληψις“succession”
- Latin · derived frommetalēpsis
- English todaymetalepsis
From Latin metalēpsis, from Ancient Greek μετάληψις (metálēpsis, “succession”), from Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “after”) and λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμετάληψις all →
metalepsy
Ancient Greekμετά all →
metachronismmetacommunicationmetaphysismetavanuralite
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.