Etymology

metasemantics

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Today it means: The part of metalanguage that deals with semantics. Full definition →

English semantics ← Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)
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  1. Ancient Greekμετᾰ́ (metắ)
  2. Ancient Greekμετᾰ- (metă-)
  3. Englishmeta-
  4. Englishsemantics
  5. English todaymetasemantics

From meta- + semantics.

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