Etymology

metasoma

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Today it means: The posterior part of the three-part body-structure of many arthropods, the other two parts being prosoma and mesosoma. Full definition →

English soma ← 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. Englishsoma
  7. English todaymetasoma

From meta- + soma.

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