The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromφύσις“growth”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμετά“after”
- English todaymetaphysis
From Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “after”) + Ancient Greek φύσις (phúsis, “growth”), equivalent to meta- + -physis.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμετά all →
metachronismmetacommunicationmetalepsismetavanuralite
Ancient Greekφύσις all →
physicsphysis-physisphysiurgy
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.