The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμεταφορά
- Latin · derived frommetaphora
- Middle French · derived frommétaphore
- English todaymetaphor
From Middle French métaphore, from Latin metaphora, from Ancient Greek μεταφορά (metaphorá), from μεταφέρω (metaphérō, “to transfer, apply”), from μετά (metá, “with, across, after”) + φέρω (phérō, “to bear, carry”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.