Where does “Madalyn” come from?
Madalyn (English) comes from English m, from English multisexual, from English multi, from English multituberculate, from English tuberculate, from Latin tuberculatus, from Latin tūberculum, from Latin tūber — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
Ancestry of “Madalyn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | m | The ordinal number thirteenth, derived from this... |
| 2 | English | multisexual | Of, or pertaining to, more than one sex; Sexually... |
| 3 | English | multi | A multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus |
| 4 | English | multituberculate | Having molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of... |
| 5 | English | tuberculate | Having tubercles; Tubercular |
| 6 | Latin | tuberculatus | warty, tuberculate |
| 7 | Latin | tūberculum | a small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle |
| 8 | Latin | tūber | a hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | tūβos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |