meta

Polish

noun
Definitions
  • (sports) finish line, winning post
  • goal, end
  • range, distance
  • (colloquial) familiar store or restaurant
  • (colloquial) A place where one can stay for a short while.
  • (colloquial) A place where alcohol is illegally sold or drunk.
  • (bodybuilding) methandrostenolone, an anabolic steroid

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mēta (cone, post, target, goal, boundary limit, marker, turning point, pyramid, border sign, meta, pointy post) root from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (measure).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*meh₁-

Gloss

measure

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