Etymology

metanetwork

M3E1T1A1N1E1T1W4O1R1K5

Today it means: A network of networks. Full definition →

English network ← Middle English net ← Old English nett
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekμετᾰ́ (metắ)
  2. Ancient Greekμετᾰ- (metă-)
  3. Englishmeta-
  4. Proto-Germanic*natją
  5. Proto-West Germanic*nati
  6. Old Englishnett
  7. Middle Englishnet
  8. Englishnet
  9. Englishwork
  10. Englishnetwork
  11. English todaymetanetwork

From meta- + network.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.