Word: metasearch
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: me
ta
search
Definition: A search technology that uses the results from a number of traditional search engines.
Morphemes:
Affix: meta-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Pertaining to a level above or beyond; reflexive; about itself or about other things of the same type. For example, metadata is data that describes data, metalanguage is language that describes language, etc.
Affix: search
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The act of searching in general.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: circum
Language: la
Decoded: circum
PoS: Preposition
Meaning: nearby, at, in the neighbourhood of
Affix: eā
Language: la
Decoded: ea
PoS: Determiner
Meaning: Used in various prepositional phrases.