Where does “multiaperture” come from?
multiaperture (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.
multiaperture (English): Having multiple apertures
Definitions
- Having multiple apertures
Ancestry of “multiaperture”, step by step
multiaperture 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 aperture
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | aperture | An opening, gap, or hole, usually small and... |
| 2 | Russian | апертура | aperture |
| 3 | Latin | apertūra | an act of opening |
| 4 | Latin | apertus | opened, open, free; public; having been opened;... |
| 5 | Latin | aperiō | to uncover, make or lay bare, reveal, clear |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂epó | off, away |