Where does “multi-award-winning” come from?
multi-award-winning (English) comes from English award-winning, from English award, from Middle English awarden, from Anglo-Norman awarder, from Medieval Latin exwardare, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — whale, sea monster; abyss.
multi-award-winning (English): Having won multiple awards
Definitions
- Having won multiple awards
Ancestry of “multi-award-winning”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | award-winning | Having won at least one award; prizewinning |
| 2 | English | award | A judgment, sentence, or final decision.... |
| 3 | Middle English | awarden | — |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | awarder | — |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | exwardare | — |
| 6 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 7 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 8 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 9 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 16 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |