Where does “multiartist” come from?

multiartist (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.

multiartist (English): Involving more than one musical artist

Definitions

  1. Involving more than one musical artist

Ancestry of “multiartist”, step by step

multiartist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via English artist

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishartistA person who creates art; A person who is skilled...
2Frenchartisteartist
3Latinartista
4Latinarsart; skill, craft, handicraft, trade, power
5Proto-Italicartis
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂értisfitting
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂-Every word from Proto-Italic tūβosEvery word from Latin tūber
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