The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμεταμόρφωσις
- Latin · borrowed frommetamorphōsis
- English todaymetamorphosis
First attested in 1533, from Latin metamorphōsis, from Ancient Greek μεταμόρφωσις (metamórphōsis), from μετά (metá, “change”) + μορφή (morphḗ, “form”). Analyzable as meta- + -morph + -osis
Words from the same roots
Latinmetamorphōsis all →
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