Where does “multiantigen” come from?
multiantigen (English) comes from English antigen, from French antigène, from French gène, from Middle French gehenne, from Old French gehine, from Old French gehir, from Frankish jehhjan, from Proto-Germanic jehaną — to utter.
multiantigen (English): Of or relating to more than one antigen
Definitions
- Of or relating to more than one antigen
Ancestry of “multiantigen”, step by step
multiantigen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English antigen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | antigen | A substance that induces an immune response,... |
| 2 | French | antigène | antigen |
| 3 | French | gène | gene |
| 4 | Middle French | gehenne | — |
| 5 | Old French | gehine | punishment resulting from admission of guilt;... |
| 6 | Old French | gehir | to admit, confess, acknowledge |
| 7 | Frankish | jehhjan | to say, confess |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | jehaną | to speak, say, express |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yék-e-ti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yek- | to utter |
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 |