Etymology

metathought

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Today it means: Thought about thought itself. Full definition →

English thought ← Middle English thought ← Old English þōht
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*me
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meth₂?
  3. Ancient Greekμετᾰ́ (metắ)
  4. Ancient Greekμετᾰ- (metă-)
  5. Englishmeta-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*teng-
  7. Proto-Germanic*þankijaną
  8. Proto-Germanic*þanhtaz
  9. Proto-West Germanic*þą̄ht
  10. Old Englishþōht
  11. Middle Englishthought
  12. Englishthought
  13. English todaymetathought

From meta- + thought.

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