Where does “multi-touch” come from?
multi-touch (English) comes from English multi, from English multituberculate, from English tuberculate, from Latin tuberculatus, from Latin tūberculum, from Latin tūber, from Proto-Italic tūβos, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
multi-touch (English): Of a computer tablet or touch-screen interface,...
Definitions
- Of a computer tablet or touch-screen interface,...
Ancestry of “multi-touch”, step by step
multi-touch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English multi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | multi | A multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus |
| 2 | English | multituberculate | Having molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of... |
| 3 | English | tuberculate | Having tubercles; Tubercular |
| 4 | Latin | tuberculatus | warty, tuberculate |
| 5 | Latin | tūberculum | a small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle |
| 6 | Latin | tūber | a hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | tūβos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |
via English touch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | touch | Primarily physical senses; Primarily non-physical... |
| 2 | Middle English | touchen | to touch |
| 3 | Old French | tochier | to touch |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | tucco | to knock, strike, offend; to strike; to touch; I... |
| 5 | Frankish | tukkōn | to knock, strike, touch; to touch, hit; to touch |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | tukkōną | to tug, pull; to grab, snatch; to grasp, touch |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dewk- | to pull, to draw; to lead |