Etymology

metanotum

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Today it means: The dorsal portion of the metathorax of insects Full definition →

New Latin metanōtum ← Ancient Greek μετα-
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμετα-
  2. New Latin · borrowed frommetanōtum
  3. English todaymetanotum

From New Latin metanōtum, from Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-) + νῶτον (nôton).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekμετα- all →

meta-metapodemetosteon

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.