Where does “multiapp” come from?

multiapp (English) comes from English App, from German App, from English app, from English application, from Middle English applicacioun, from Old French aplicacion, from Latin applicātiō, from Latin -tiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

multiapp (English): Involving or relating to several software applications

Definitions

  1. Involving or relating to several software applications

Ancestry of “multiapp”, step by step

multiapp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English App

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishAppAbbreviation of appeals; Alternative form of app
2GermanAppapp
3EnglishappAn application (program), especially a small one designed for a mobile device
4EnglishapplicationThe act of applying or laying on, in a literal...
5Middle Englishapplicacioun
6Old Frenchaplicacionapplication
7Latinapplicātiōapplication, inclination
8Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
9Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
10Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
11Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
12Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
13Latincalceusshoe
14Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
15Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via English multi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmultiA multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus
2EnglishmultituberculateHaving molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of...
3EnglishtuberculateHaving tubercles; Tubercular
4Latintuberculatuswarty, tuberculate
5Latintūberculuma small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle
6Latintūbera hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence
7Proto-Italictūβos
8Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ