Etymology

metapragmatic

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Today it means: Pertaining to metapragmatics. Full definition →

English pragmatic ← Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-) ← Proto-Indo-European *meth₂?
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*me
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meth₂?
  3. Ancient Greekμετᾰ́ (metắ)
  4. Ancient Greekμετᾰ- (metă-)
  5. Englishmeta-
  6. Englishpragmatic
  7. English todaymetapragmatic

From meta- + pragmatic.

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