metasemantic

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adjective

Pertaining to metasemantics.

OriginEnglish semantic ← French sémantique ← Ancient Greek σημαντικός (sēmantikós) →
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Meanings

adjectivemetasemantic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePertaining to metasemantics.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*me
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meth₂?
  3. Ancient Greekμετᾰ́ (metắ)
  4. Ancient Greekμετᾰ- (metă-)
  5. Englishmeta-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeyh₂-?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dʰyeh₂-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dʰyéh₂mn̥
  9. Proto-Hellenic*tsā́mə?
  10. Ancient Greekσῆμᾰ (sêmă)
  11. Ancient Greekσημαίνω (sēmaínō)
  12. Ancient Greekσημαντικός (sēmantikós)
  13. Frenchsémantique
  14. Englishsemanticsbf.?
  15. Englishsemantic
  16. Englishmetasemantic

From meta- + semantic.

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APA

metasemantic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metasemantic

MLA

“metasemantic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metasemantic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “metasemantic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metasemantic.

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